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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3535
Fraudulent Use of Social Security Number or other Identifying Information - Falsely Represented Himself or Herself to be a Business or Other Entity's Representative
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with fraudulent use of a Social Security
number or other identifying information.
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in __________ County;
2. [Name of defendant] unlawfully and falsely represented that [name of defendant] was [name
of business or entity]'s representative in order to _______________ [specify (1) open a banking
account; (2) [obtain/get/receive] a credit card; or (3) [obtain/get/receive] services and supplies] in
[name of business or entity]'s name, intending to deceive,
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 3535 (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
7743984e477c08fda261f4a6fe870f170b9566c56e3da6585b7249149cbca12b
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