In Re Amendments to Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—instruction 7.7

Summary

The court amended Florida's manslaughter jury instruction to clarify that manslaughter by act requires an intentional act that is not merely negligent and that causes death. It authorized the revised instruction for publication and immediate use, while expressly declining to opine on the instruction's legal correctness and preserving parties' ability to request alternative instructions or challenge it. The opinion contains no separate writings.