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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3718
Unlawfully Possessing a Recording with Intent to Sell
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with unlawfully possessing a recording with
intent to sell.
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 possessed [a/an] ____________ [specify the article or
device on which the sounds or images were transferred], knowing that the [sounds/images] on
the ____________ [specify the article or device on which the sounds or images were transferred]
had been unlawfully transferred without the [consent/permission] of [name of owner], who was
the owner, intending to sell the ____________ [specify the article or device on which the sounds
or images were transferred];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully possessed [a/an] ____________ [specify the article or
device on which the sounds or images were transferred], knowing that the [sounds/images] on
the ____________ [specify the article or device on which the sounds or images were transferred]
had been unlawfully transferred without the [consent/permission] of [name of owner], who was
the owner, intending to make the ____________ [specify the article or device on which the
sounds or images were transferred] available for [money/fee/rent/compensation];
OR
2C. [Name of defendant] unlawfully possessed [a/an] ____________ [specify the article or
device on which the sounds or images were transferred], knowing that the [sounds/images] on
the ____________ [specify the article or device on which the sounds or images were transferred]
had been unlawfully transferred without the [consent/permission] of [name of owner], who was
the owner, for the purpose of [obtaining/getting/receiving] compensation by using the
____________ [specify the article or device on which the sounds or images were transferred],
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 3718 (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
697586894cff3a22afbded2082451f6b7dbad6f0b98d04d72e0bc6d88a814bf1
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