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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3806
Damaging or Derailing a Railroad Car
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with damaging or derailing a railroad car.
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] [intentionally/wantonly] and unlawfully [injured/damaged] a railroad
car;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] maliciously and unlawfully [injured/damaged] a railroad car;
OR
2C. [Name of defendant] unlawfully placed an [impediment/object/obstruction] on a railroad;
OR
2D. [Name of defendant] unlawfully did __________________________ [describe defendant's
alleged actions], which could cause a railroad car or vehicle to [diverge/be derailed/be thrown]
from the track,
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 of count _____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 3806 (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
1c515118d9a2943e084ee4bc78bc3c90213c3be958916696675edb33e58d1487
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