Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-07
November 21, 2018257 So. 3d 908
Summary
The Court authorized amended standard jury instructions governing justifiable use of deadly and non-deadly force, with modifications to conform them to statutory changes and to clarify when retreat, forcible-felony, aggressor, prior-threat, and victim-specific-act provisions apply. The Court deleted the proposed word "unnecessarily" and directed the Committee to further consider whether the instructions should address the castle doctrine in business premises while the defendant is engaged in criminal activity. The Court emphasized that authorization for publication and use does not express an opinion on the instructions' legal correctness.