Supreme Court of Florida
In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—instructions 9.1 and 9.2
January 22, 2015156 So. 3d 495
Summary
The court authorized proposed amendments to the standard jury instructions for kidnapping and false imprisonment to reflect statutory amendments adding a human-trafficking offense to the aggravating circumstances for those crimes. The court approved the instructions for publication and use but expressly stated that authorization did not resolve their legal correctness or prevent requests for alternative instructions or challenges. Interested persons were given sixty days to submit comments.