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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4004
Bribery - Offering a Bribe in a Sporting Event
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with bribery.
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] unlawfully [gave/promised/offered] __________ [specify something of
value] to [name of person], who was [a/an] [professional/amateur] _______________ [specify
baseball player; football player; basketball player; tennis player; player who participated in or
was expected to participate in a professional or amateur game or sport; person participating or
was expected to participate in an athletic contest; coach, manager, or trainer of a team or an
individual participant or prospective participant] in a [game/contest/sport], intending to influence
[name of person] to __________ [specify (1) lose; (2) try to lose; (3) cause to be lost; (4) limit
[his/her] margin of victory; or (5) limit [his/her] team's margin of victory] in [a/an] __________
[specify baseball, football, basketball, tennis, boxing, or other athletic contest]
[game/contest/match], in which [name of person] __________ [specify (1) was taking part; (2)
expected to take part; or (3) had a duty in],
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 4004 (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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