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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3527
Fraud Relating to a State or Federally Funded Assistance Program - Receiving an Unauthorized Payment for Benefits
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with fraud relating to a state or federally
funded assistance program.
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in __________ County;
2A. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully received an unauthorized
payment for services under ________________ [specify the state or federally funded assistance
program];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully attempted to receive an
unauthorized payment for services under _________________ [specify the state or federally
funded assistance program];
OR
2C. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully
[aided/abetted/assisted/helped] [name of person] to receive an unauthorized payment for services
under _________________ [specify the state or federally funded assistance program],
then you shall find [name of defendant] guilty as charged.
If the State did not prove any one of the above listed elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
then you shall find [name of defendant] not guilty of count ___.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3527 (current as of June 30, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
8c1fe8a4e21825e41087d423bbc941af43a34fbe768ca5fa2fc581e7d7ea6f73
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