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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4501
Using an Imitation Firearm - Third Offense
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with using an imitation firearm.
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 [used/attempted to use] [a/an] ____________ [specify
imitation firearm] against [name of person]; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of __________________ [specify violation of
§ 97-37-1] in _____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list
date of previous conviction] and of __________________ [specify violation of § 97-37-1] 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 of count _____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4501 (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
f7d92db2c170c608e3524b0f3c4e26c43acf97f73fbb8d0fffb47f577371bbe7
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