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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 411
Peace Officer
A peace officer is any state or federal law enforcement officer, including, but not limited
to, a federal park ranger; the sheriff of or police officer of a city or town; a conservation officer; a
parole officer; judge; senior status judge; special judge; district attorney; legal assistant to a
district attorney; county prosecuting attorney; any other court official; an agent of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission; an agent of the Bureau of Narcotics;
personnel of the Mississippi Highway Patrol; employees of the Department of Corrections who
are designated as peace officers by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to Section 47-5-
54; the superintendent, deputies, guards, officers, and other employees of the Mississippi State
Penitentiary.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 411 (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
30244b7e9203f4eb9e869412ffb776091d381db2a1319559929c70cd1a86919d
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