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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4009
Digging Up or Abusing a Dead Person's Remains
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with digging up or abusing a dead person's
remains.
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/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully dug up a corpse or
remains of a human being;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully
[desecrated/abused/violated] a corpse or remains of a human being;
OR
2C. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully caused a corpse or
remains of a human being to be unlawfully ____________ [specify (1) dug up or (2)
[desecrated/abused/violated]],
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 4009 (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
71588e58ddabd9cded9abe8b45e0d72acb2469d883f759f65474fd8947471446
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