IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (NO. 2005-5).

No. SC05-1622.

939 So.2d 1052 (2006)

IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (NO. 2005-5).

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Honorable Terry David Terrell, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, First Judicial Circuit, Pensacola, Florida, the Honorable Dedee S. Costello, Past Chair, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Panama City, Florida, John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, the Florida Bar, and Les Garringer, Office of State Courts Administrator, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner.

Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, and Paula S. Saunders, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, Florida, for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and William J. Sheppard of Sheppard, White, Thomas and Kachergus, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, Opponents, responding with comments.


PER CURIAM.

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed changes to the standard jury instructions for use in criminal cases and asks the Court to authorize their publication and use. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

The Committee's report explains that its proposed amendments are intended to address certain changes in the law pertaining to the...

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