Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2018-10
December 13, 2018259 So. 3d 765
Summary
The court authorized amended standard criminal jury instructions for publication and use, approving several as proposed and approving others with specified modifications. The amendments primarily add or clarify possession concepts, correct statutory references, and revise the firearm definition, while the court declined to delete the definitions of care and custody from one instruction. The court emphasized that authorization does not express an opinion on the legal correctness or applicability of the instructions.