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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4504
Possessing a Weapon - By a Convicted Felon
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with possessing a weapon while being a
convicted felon.
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 a ____________ [specify the firearm, bowie knife,
dirk knife, butcher knife, switchblade knife, metallic knuckles, blackjack, muffler or silencer for
any firearm]; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of ______________________ [specify felony
conviction] 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 4504 (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
809607eefd56432acb28a81181c56ecc9c0317c067c114d683b616e5bf26a179
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