Supreme Court of Florida
In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2012-08
November 21, 2013131 So. 3d 692
Summary
The Court authorized amended and new standard criminal jury instructions for publication and use, with one modification to the proposed definition of “maliciously” in the aggravated-abuse instruction. The amendments address statutory elements, definitions, lesser-included offenses, and related comments for motor-vehicle, elder-abuse, massage-establishment, and human-trafficking offenses. The authorization does not foreclose requests for additional or alternative instructions or challenges to the instructions’ legal correctness.