Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-10
September 27, 2018253 So. 3d 1040
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida authorized amended standard criminal jury instructions concerning concealed weapons or firearms, improper exhibition, trespass on school property, and directing another to discharge a firearm from a vehicle. The amendments incorporated statutory changes, added an instruction for a newly addressed offense, and clarified definitions and alternative burdens of persuasion. The Court also authorized withdrawal of a proposed instruction concerning recreational discharge of a firearm.