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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4515
Trafficking in Stolen Firearms - Possessing or Attempting to Possess Two or More Stolen Firearms
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with trafficking in stolen firearms.
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] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully
[possessed/received/retained/kept/acquired/obtained/got/disposed of] two (2) or more stolen
__________ [specify firearms];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully attempted to
[possess/receive/retain/keep/acquire/obtain/get/dispose of] two (2) or more stolen __________
[specify firearms],
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 4515 (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
2772142a677a10889a1e9bc07a18d6bbf351c4bf87e5c09778367bedc2c91579
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