Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida authorized for publication and use four new standard criminal jury instructions and amendments to ten existing instructions. The amendments address felony murder, capital penalty proceedings, arson, boating under the influence, hired or leased property, and the sale of alcoholic beverages to or by persons under 21.
Holdings
- The Court authorized for publication and use new instructions 11.18, 12.9, 14.10, and 29.3, and amended instructions 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.11, 12.1, 12.2, 28.14, 28.15, 28.16, and 28.17, as proposed by the Committee.
- Authorization for publication and use of the standard instructions does not foreclose requests for additional or alternative instructions or challenges to the instructions' legal correctness.
Questions Presented
- Whether the Supreme Court should authorize the proposed four new standard criminal jury instructions for publication and use.
- Whether the Supreme Court should authorize the proposed amendments to ten existing standard criminal jury instructions for publication and use.
Disposition
approved
Cases Cited (15)
- Brown v. State, 959 So. 2d 218 (Fla. 2007)(followed)
- Thompson v. State, 695 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1997)(distinguished)
- Avila v. State, 745 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)(discussed)
- State v. Montgomery, 39 So. 3d 252 (Fla. 2010)(discussed)
- Hitchcock v. State, 673 So. 2d 859 (Fla. 1996)(followed)
- Green v. State, 907 So. 2d 489, 496 (Fla. 2005)(followed)
- Castro v. State, 5967 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1992)(followed)
- Knighten v. State, 568 So. 2d 1001 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)(followed)
- N.K.D. v. State, 799 So. 2d 428 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)(followed)
- Patterson v. State, 512 So. 2d 1109 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)(followed)
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