Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Instructions 9.1 and 9.2
June 18, 2015167 So. 3d 443
Summary
The court amended the standard jury instructions for kidnapping and false imprisonment after considering a public comment on previously authorized amendments. The amendment replaces the generic reference to “the victim” in the definition of “secretly” with the specific placeholder “(victim),” and the court authorized both instructions for publication and use. The court expressly did not opine on the instructions’ legal correctness or preclude requests for additional or alternative instructions.