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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4506
Causing a Minor to Possess a Weapon on Educational Property
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with causing a minor to possess or carry 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 [caused/encouraged/aided/assisted/helped] [name of minor],
who was less than 18 years old, to [carry/possess] a ____________ [specify the gun, rifle, pistol,
other firearm, dynamite cartridge, bomb, grenade, mine, or other powerful explosive] 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 4506 (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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