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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4509
Bombing
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with bombing.
If you find beyond a reasonable doubt from the evidence in this case that:
1. On or about [date of alleged crime], in __________ County;
2A. [Name of defendant] unlawfully bombed [a/an] ___________________ [specify building;
residence; ship; vessel; boat; railroad station; railroad car or coach; bus station; depot; bus; truck;
aircraft; or another vehicle; gas or oil station; pipeline; radio station; radio equipment or other
means of communication; warehouse; electric plant; water plant; telephone exchange or the lines
belonging to a telephone exchange; place where people were located or were being transported;
place where there was manufacturing, storing, assembling, shipping, or preparing to ship goods,
wares, merchandise, or something of value], with [a/an] _____________ [specify bomb,
explosive matter, or chemical, biological or other weapon of mass destruction], intending to
unlawfully hurt or harm a person or property;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [planted/placed] [a/an] _____________ [specify bomb,
explosive matter, or chemical, biological, or other weapon of mass destruction] [in/upon/near]
[a/an] ___________________ [specify building; residence; ship; vessel; boat; railroad station;
railroad car or coach; bus station; depot; bus; truck; aircraft; another vehicle; gas or oil station;
pipeline; radio station; radio equipment or other means of communication; warehouse; electric
plant; water plant; telephone exchange or the lines belonging to a telephone exchange; place
where people were located or were being transported; or a place where there was manufacturing,
storing, assembling, shipping, or preparing to ship goods, wares, merchandise, or something of
value], intending to unlawfully hurt or harm a person or 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 _____.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4509 (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
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