IN RE STANDARD INST. IN CR. CASES NO. 2005-2

Nos. SC05-960, SC05-1890.

22 So.3d 17 (2009)

In re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2005-2. In re Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases—Penalty Phase of Capital Trials.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Terry David Terrell, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, First Judicial Circuit, Pensacola, FL, Judge O.H. Eaton, Jr., Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Sanford, FL; John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL; and Les Garringer, Senior Attorney, Office of State Courts Administrator, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioners.

Paula S. Saunders, Office of the Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, and Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; John K. Aguero, Assistant State Attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL; Arthur I. Jacobs, General Counsel, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Fernandina Beach, FL; Christopher R. White, Assistant State Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Sanford, FL; Jay W. Thomas, Central Staff Attorney, Second District Court of Appeal, Lakeland, FL; Larry B. Henderson, Assistant Public Defender, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orlando, FL; and Penny H. Brill, Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, Responding with comments.


PER CURIAM.

At the Court's request, the Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Jury Instructions Committee) and the Florida Supreme Court's Criminal Court Steering Committee (Steering Committee) have submitted proposed changes to Standard Jury Instruction in Criminal Cases 7.11 (Penalty Proceedings—Capital Cases) and asked that the Court authorize the amended instruction for publication and use. We have jurisdiction. See...

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