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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4705
Injuring or Killing a Public Service Animal
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with [injuring/killing] a public service
animal.
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] [intentionally/purposely] and without just [cause/reason], unlawfully
[killed/injured] __________ [specify public service animal], which was a public service animal,
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 _____.
Definition(s) in this Instruction:
In this instruction, “public service animal” means an animal trained and used to assist a
law enforcement, public safety, or a search and rescue agency.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 4705 (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
6136d70b029b6b296e25d368164c467f2e12af01f17bf0b4fc4f6da968f60618
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