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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 500
Alibi
Alibi means not being at the scene of a crime. It is a legal defense. The defendant asserts
that [he/she] was somewhere else when the crime was committed. However, the defendant does
not have to prove that [he/she] was somewhere else at the time the crime was committed. The
State must prove that the defendant was present and committed the crime of ________________
[specify crime charged].
If you have a reasonable doubt about whether the defendant was present when the crime
was committed, then you must find [him/her] not guilty of ___________ [specify crime charged].
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 500 (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
d261b75e6f370f74b69ee377d6671073db57b5ceea529673da5d7bd876e60f6b
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