Supreme Court of Florida
In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report No. 2010-01 and Standard Jury Instructions in Civil…
October 21, 201052 So. 3d 595
Summary
The court authorized new and amended criminal and civil standard jury instructions addressing jurors’ use of electronic devices, electronic communications, and independent research during jury selection and jury service. It required the instructions to explain the rationale for those restrictions and made them effective when the opinion became final. The court expressly stated that authorization did not foreclose requests for alternative instructions or challenges to the instructions’ legal correctness.