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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4505
Possessing a Weapon on Educational Property
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with possessing a weapon on educational
property.
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 [carried/possessed] [a/an] ____________ [specify the gun,
rifle, pistol, other firearm, dynamite cartridge, bomb, grenade, mine, or other powerful explosive]
[in/on] ________________ [specify the educational property], which is educational property,
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 _____.
Definition(s) in this Instruction:
In this instruction, “educational property” means any public or private school building,
bus, campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned by a local school
board, school, college, or university.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4505 (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
450b20a1a9f8e483652aeee974e9470f94215750c1887fed99b50d5b4e173b9c
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