Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2018-02
October 25, 2018256 So. 3d 1316
Summary
The court authorized amended and new standard criminal jury instructions for publication and use, including revisions concerning psychotropic medication, accessory after the fact, theft, compounding a felony, and disorderly conduct or breach of the peace. The court explained the principal textual and organizational changes but expressly declined to opine on the instructions' legal correctness. The court also cautioned that authorization does not foreclose requests for additional or alternative instructions or challenges to legal correctness.