Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-05
December 19, 2019
Summary
The court authorized publication and use of amended criminal jury instructions 22.5 through 22.11 concerning lottery-related offenses. The amendments relocate language concerning statutory exceptions to the comments, remove references to repealed or superseded statutory provisions where appropriate, and otherwise update the instructions. The court expressly stated that authorization does not resolve the instructions’ legal correctness or foreclose requests for additional or alternative instructions.