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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4519

Committing a Felony by Using a Firearm - By a Convicted Felon

activein force · 2012-06-30 – presentas-observed

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with committing a felony by using a firearm

and being a convicted felon.

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] was previously convicted of ____________________ [specify felony

conviction] in _____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________ [list

date of previous conviction]; and

3. [Name of defendant] committed __________ [specify felony]:

A. [Elements of felony];

B. [Elements of felony]; and

C. [Elements of felony]; and

4. [Name of defendant] unlawfully [used/displayed] a __________ [specify firearm] while

committing that _________ [specify felony],

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 4519 (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: b9f3a65b889fbceede8350a85b89c1281848ba9392928913b8a0fa96936d0a59

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