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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4704
Being Present at a Dog Fight
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with being present at a dog fight.
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] was unlawfully present, as a spectator, at _____________ [specify
location], where preparations were being made for [a/an] [exhibition/showing] of a dog fight,
intending to be present at the preparations;
OR
2B. [Name of defendant] was unlawfully present at [a/an] [exhibition/showing] of a dog fight,
intending to be present at the exhibition,
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 4704 (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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