MS · jury_instructions
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4701
Aggravated Cruelty to a Dog or Cat - Second Offense
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with aggravated cruelty to a dog or cat.
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, maliciously, and unlawfully
[tortured/mutilated/maimed/burned/starved/disfigured] a domesticated [dog/cat];
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] intentionally, maliciously, and unlawfully caused [name of person] to
[torture/mutilate/maim/burn/starve/disfigure] a domesticated [dog/cat]; and
3. [Name of defendant] was previously convicted of ____________________ [specify violation
of § 97-41-16] in _____________ [list court and details of previous conviction] on __________
[list date of previous conviction], which is within five (5) years of __________ [date of alleged
crime],
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 4701 (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
37488ee6afde92f4fb49fb002ce8ed42393654c8e212fd9bab525cec9e09e0fe
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