Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3714

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with unlawfully copying or selling

recordings.

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] [intentionally/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully [transferred/caused to

be transferred] [sounds/images], which were recorded on ____________ [specify phonograph

record, disc, wire, tape, videocassette, film, or other device on which sounds or images are

recorded], onto [a/an] ____________ [specify the article on which the sounds or images were

transferred], without the [consent/permission] of [name of owner], who was the owner, intending

to [sell/rent for a fee/cause to be sold/cause to be rented for a fee or other financial gain] the

____________ [specify the article on which the sounds or images were transferred]; and

3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of _____________________ [specify violation

of § 97-23-87] in _____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________

[list date of previous conviction],

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 ___.