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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3610
Forgery - Acting under False Pretenses
[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;
2. Intending to defraud, [name of defendant] unlawfully made [a/an] __________ [specify
instrument] in [name of defendant]’s own name, intending:
A. To [create/increase/discharge/diminish/decrease/defeat] a
[pecuniary/financial/monetary] [obligation/right/interest]; or
B. To transfer or affect property; and
3. [Name of defendant] [uttered/passed] the __________ [specify instrument] under the false
pretense that it was the act of another person who had the same name as [name of defendant],
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 3610 (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
779a6ec9746dcf703f7562298b9e5fcd2bc0ca4b85b8211df93b20d505d44e2e
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