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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3712
Unlawful Restraint of Trade
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with unlawful restraint of trade.
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] and [name(s) of co-conspirators] unlawfully [conspired/agreed] to
boycott or to prevent [name(s) of person(s)] from doing business or trading with [name of
business or merchant]:
A. Because of a reasonable [grievance/disagreement/problem] with [name of business or
merchant], which [name of business or merchant] had no direct control over or no legal
authority to correct; or
B. Because of a reasonable [grievance/disagreement/problem] against [name of business
or merchant] and [name of business or merchant] was not notified about the
[grievance/disagreement/problem] and had not been given a reasonable opportunity to
correct it; and
3. As a result of [name of defendant]'s [conspiracy/agreement], [name of defendant]
[induced/encouraged] a person or people to stop doing business with [name of business or
merchant],
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 3712 (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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