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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 5026
Identity Theft
[Name of defendant] is charged in count ___ with identity theft.
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] unlawfully [obtained/got/attempted to obtain/attempted to get] personal
identity information of [name of person], without [name of person]'s
[authorization/permission/consent], intending to unlawfully use that information to:
A. [Obtain/Get] financial credit; or
B. [Purchase/Buy/Obtain/Get/Lease] [real/personal] property; or
C. [Obtain/Get] employment; or
D. [Obtain/Get] access to medical records or information contained in medical records; or
E. Commit an illegal act,
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, “access” means to program, to execute programs on, to communicate
with, or to retrieve or store data on a computer, computer system, or computer network. “Access”
also means to use computer resources.
In this instruction, “medical records” include medical and mental health histories, reports,
summaries, diagnoses, treatment, medication information, notes, X-rays, and other imaging
records.
In this instruction, “personal identity information” means a person's social security
number; driver's license number; state identification card number; employment information;
financial information; checking or savings account information; or stock certificate or account
information.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Criminal 5026 (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
745cc399f282abbb6348398e771f19bfa22f4d297ab6b73835e0afa9763748af
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