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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4303
Possession of a Gambling Device - Second Offense
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with possessing a gambling device.
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 [possessed/owned/controlled/displayed/operated] [a/an]
_____________________________ [specify cane rack, knife rack, artful dodger, punch board,
roll down, merchandise wheel, slot machine, pinball machine, or similar gambling device]; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of ____________________________ [specify
violation of § 97-33-7] in ___________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on
__________ [list date of previous conviction],
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 4303 (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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