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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3707
Embezzlement - Borrowed Property
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with embezzlement.
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 fraudulently appropriated ____________ [specify the
property], which had been delivered to [name of defendant] _____________ [specify (1) under a
contract for use; (2) as a loan to use; (3) for leasing; or (4) for hiring], by
_____________________ [describe (1) defendant's alleged actions after the contract had ended,
the right to use the property had ended, or the lease had ended; or (2) defendant's alleged actions
not authorized by the contract],
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 in count ____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3707 (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
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