Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-06
February 8, 2018236 So. 3d 282
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida authorized publication and use of amended standard criminal jury instructions addressing attempted homicide, homicide, manslaughter, and reclassification of murders involving specified law-enforcement or correctional victims. The amendments implement requirements concerning justifiable and excusable homicide, incorporate knowledge and status elements for reclassification, and modify lesser-offense and transferred-intent provisions. The Court approved the proposed instructions generally but modified instruction 7.7 and cautioned that authorization does not resolve the instructions' ultimate legal correctness.