Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4008

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with opening up the grave of a dead person.

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 opened a grave or place of interment, intending to move the

dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the dead body;

OR

2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully opened a grave or place of interment, intending to move the

dead body of a human being for the purpose of dissection;

OR

2C. [Name of defendant] unlawfully opened a grave or place of interment, intending to steal the

coffin or a part of the coffin;

OR

2D. [Name of defendant] unlawfully opened a grave or place of interment, intending to steal the

vestments or articles interred with the dead body,

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 ___.