STATE v. WILSON

No. 87575.

686 So.2d 569 (1996)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Milo WILSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, for Respondent.


SHAW, Justice.

We have for review Wilson v. State, 668 So.2d 998 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), wherein the court certified:

1) Does the jury instruction given in this case impermissibly reduce the reasonable doubt standard below the protections of the due process clause? 2) If so, is such an instruction fundamental error?

See id. at 999-1000. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const...

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