Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-04
December 19, 2019
Summary
The Court authorized amended standard criminal jury instructions governing destructive-device offenses and shooting or throwing a missile at specified structures or conveyances. The amendments add possession concepts, define willfulness, refine statutory elements, add firearm and great-bodily-harm definitions, and provide an optional firearm element for the shooting offense. The authorization does not foreclose requests for alternative instructions or challenges to the instructions' legal correctness.