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Mississippi Supreme Court Abolishes ‘Pre-Arming’ Jury Instruction
Loaded on Feb. 19, 2020
by Dale Chappell
published in Criminal Legal News
March, 2020, page 37
Filed under:
Jury Instructions.
Location:
Mississippi.
by Dale Chappell
The Supreme Court of Mississippi held on January 9, 2020, that a pre-arming jury instruction was wrongfully given in a shooting death case and further held that no court in the state may ever again issue a pre-arming instruction to a jury preventing a self-defense with a ...
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