Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4401

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with aiding or assisting disorderly conduct

causing injury or death.

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 law enforcement officer], who was a law enforcement officer,

[asked/requested/ordered/commanded/told] [name of person]:

A. To [move/remove] [himself/herself] from the area or place where the

[request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

B. To [move/remove] [name of person]'s vehicle from the area or place where the

[request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

C. To [move/remove] an object under [name of person]'s control from the area or place

where the [request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

D. To get up if [name of person] was lying or sitting down and move to another location

away from the area or place where the [request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

E. To stop lying or sitting down at or near the area or place where the

[request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

F. Not to obstruct, with [name of person]'s body, or a part of [his/her] body, vehicles

which were passing by; or

G. Not to [place/allow] [name of person]'s body, or a part of [his/her] body, to be in front

of or behind a vehicle that would prevent or interfere with the vehicle from moving; or

H. Not to [place/allow] [name of person]'s body, or a part of [his/her] body, to block a

vehicle from being able to move; or

I. Not to assist another person in placing or allowing the other person's body, or part of

[his/her] body, to be in front of or behind a vehicle that would prevent or interfere with

the vehicle from being able to move; or

J. Not to assist another person in placing or allowing the other person's body, or part of

[his/her] body, to block a vehicle from being able to move; or

K. Not to [chain/tie/bind] [himself/herself/another person] to an object or person; or

L. To [untie/unchain] [himself/herself] from an object that was preventing

[himself/herself] from being able to move away from the area or place where the

[request/command/order] was [made/given]; or

M. To [walk/move] to, enter, and remain inside a law enforcement vehicle as told by

the law enforcement officer; or

N. To avoid doing or not to do something which would have led to a breach of the peace

in the area or place where the [request/command/order] was [made/given]; and

3. Intending to [provoke/cause] a breach of the peace or under circumstances which could lead to

a breach of the peace or [cause/occasion] a breach of the peach, [name of defendant] unlawfully

[aided/assisted/caused/encouraged] [name of person] to unlawfully [fail/refuse] to comply with

or obey [name of law enforcement officer]'s [request/command/order] in such a [manner/way], or

under such circumstances, that indicated [name of defendant]'s [intentional/willful] and wanton

disregard for the safety and life of others; and

4. [Name of victim] was injured or killed as a result of [name of defendant]'s

[aid/assistance/causing/encouragement] to [name of person] not to comply with or obey [name of

law enforcement officer]'s [request/command/order],

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 of count _____.