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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3608
Forgery - Destroying a Writing
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with forgery.
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. Intending to defraud, [name of defendant] unlawfully [obliterated/destroyed/erased
completely] a __________ [specify instrument of writing], by which a
[pecuniary/financial/monetary] obligation was, or intended to be,
[created/increased/discharged/diminished/decreased/affected];
OR
2B. Intending to defraud, [name of defendant] unlawfully [obliterated/destroyed/erased
completely] a __________ [specify instrument of writing], by which a right, interest, or claim to
property was, or intended to be, [created/increased/discharged/diminished/decreased/affected],
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 3608 (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
175301848fb407b81996b30a0f1eb0d4f5b937c182bb0b6a30244fc63f2c8c21
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