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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3623
Forgery - Selling a Counterfeit Note or Check
[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. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [sold/exchanged/traded/delivered] a [forged/counterfeit]
____________ [specify promissory note, check, bill, draft, evidence of debt, or engagement for
the payment of money] for [consideration/money/financial benefit], knowing that the
____________ [specify promissory note, check, bill, draft, evidence of debt, or engagement for
the payment of money] was [forged/counterfeited] and intending to have the ____________
[specify promissory note, check, bill, draft, evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of
money] [uttered/passed];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully offered a ____________ [specify promissory note, check,
bill, draft, evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of money] for
[sale/exchange/trade/delivery], knowing that the ____________ [specify promissory note, check,
bill, draft, evidence of debt, or engagement for the payment of money] was [forged/counterfeited]
and intending to have the ____________ [specify promissory note, check, bill, draft, evidence of
debt, or engagement for the payment of money] [uttered/passed],
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 3623 (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
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