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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4516
Trafficking in Stolen Firearms - Selling or Attempting to Sell Two or More Stolen Firearms
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with selling 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 [sold/delivered/transferred]
two (2) or more stolen __________ [specify firearms] to [name of person];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] [intentionally/knowingly] and unlawfully attempted to
[sell/deliver/transfer] two (2) or more stolen __________ [specify firearms] to [name of person],
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 4516 (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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