Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2018-04
November 15, 2018257 So. 3d 370
Summary
The Florida Supreme Court authorized publication and use of the Committee’s amended standard criminal jury instructions covering a range of sexual offenses, incorporating revisions such as reordering elements, adding definitions, and updating lesser‑included offense tables, with guidance drawn from State v. Knighton. The Court also declined to elevate the Unnatural and Lascivious Act to a Category One lesser offense for instruction 29.13(c), noting the issue raises a substantive question not yet decided by the courts.