Supreme Court of Florida
In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report 2012-07
September 4, 2013122 So. 3d 302
Summary
The court authorized for publication and use the proposed new and amended criminal standard jury instructions, with one exception. It declined to authorize additional language in the involuntary-intoxication instruction stating that involuntary intoxication negating specific intent is not a defense to general-intent offenses because the Committee lacked confidence in the legal correctness of the supporting authorities. The authorization does not resolve the legal correctness or applicability of the instructions and does not foreclose requests for alternative instructions or challenges.