Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-02
December 19, 2019
Summary
The court authorized amended standard jury instructions for first-, second-, and third-degree felony murder. It removed previously added language from the first-degree felony-murder instruction, concluded that no further amendment to the related instruction was necessary at that time, and made the amended instructions effective when the opinion became final. The authorization does not foreclose requests for alternative instructions or challenges to the instructions' legal correctness.