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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 5018

Interfering with an Identity Theft Investigation

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

[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with interfering with an identity theft

investigation.

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/knowingly/willfully] and unlawfully

[obstructed/impeded/hindered/interfered with] an identity theft investigation under

__________________ [specify (1) Section 97-9-79, which related to false information; (2)

Section 97-19-83, which related to fraud by mail or other means of communication; (3) Section

97-19-85, which related to the fraudulent use of a social security number, credit card number,

debit card number, or other identifying information; or (4) Section 97-45-19, which related to

obtaining personal identity information of another person without authorization] by

[concealing/hiding/destroying] _______________ [specify document(s), paper(s), or other

tangible evidence], which related to the investigation,

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 5018 (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: 8d1f4d101dd332bf892c340bf3ae61529be7ead862ddf38a33c1bb26f9121c80

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