Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2014-03
January 29, 2015156 So. 3d 1037
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida authorized amended versions of six standard criminal jury instructions concerning sexual-battery and related offenses for publication and use. The amendments incorporate statutory language, account for all statutory methods of committing the offenses, conform the instructions and notes to governing law, and revise lesser-included-offense tables. The Court expressly stated that authorization does not resolve the instructions' legal correctness or preclude alternative instructions or later challenges.