Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure
October 29, 201540 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 594
Summary
The Court adopted most proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, adopted modifications to the plea-voluntariness and capital-counsel provisions, and rejected proposed changes concerning juror questionnaires and the standard-jury-instructions web address. The amendments revise plea colloquies, discovery, jury communications, competency proceedings, postconviction rehearing, arrest warrants, posttrial motions, indigent-status forms, and judgment and sentencing forms. The amendments become effective January 1, 2016, at 12:02 a.m.