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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3727
Money Laundering - Hiding Unlawful Activity or Avoiding Reporting on a Transaction
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with money laundering.
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 [conducted/carried out/attempted to conduct/attempted to
carry out] a financial transaction which involved proceeds [of/from] an unlawful activity,
specifically _____________ [specify unlawful activity], knowing that the proceeds were the
result of an unlawful activity and knowing that the transaction was designed to
[conceal/hide/disguise] the [nature/location/source/ownership/control] of the proceeds [from/of]
the unlawful activity;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [conducted/carried out/attempted to conduct/attempted to
carry out] a financial transaction which involved proceeds [of/from] an unlawful activity,
specifically _____________ [specify unlawful activity], knowing that the proceeds were the
result of an unlawful activity and knowing that the transaction was designed to avoid a
transaction reporting requirement under federal or state law,
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 3727 (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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