IN RE: STANDARD CRIM. JURY INSTRUCTIONS

No. SC17-583.

244 So.3d 172 (2018)

IN RE: STANDARD CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CAPITAL CASES.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge Debra Johnes Riva , Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota, Florida, and Judge James C. Hankinson on behalf of Handling Capital Cases Faculty, Tallahassee, Florida; Howard L. "Rex" Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Peter Mills , Assistant Public Defender, Chair, Florida Public Defender Association Death Penalty Steering Committee, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida; Karen M. Gottlieb on behalf of Florida Center for Capital Representation at FIU College of Law, Miami, Florida, and Billy H. Nolas , Chief, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender, Northern District, Tallahassee, Florida, Sonya Rudenstine , Gainesville, Florida, Luke Newman, Tallahassee, Florida, and William R. Ponall of Ponall Law on behalf of Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maitland, Florida; Robert R. Berry , Tallahassee, Florida; Penny H. Brill , Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida, and Arthur I. Jacobs of Jacobs Scholz & Associates, LLC on behalf of Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Fernandina Beach, Florida; Judge F. Rand Wallis , Chair, and Judge James Colaw , Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, Daytona Beach, Florida; and Bart Schneider , Staff Liaison, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Tallahassee, Florida, Responding with comments.


Previously in this case, the Court authorized for publication and use on an interim basis, on its own motion, amended existing instructions 7.11 (Preliminary Instructions in Penalty Proceedings — Capital Cases) and 7.12 (Dialogue for Polling the Jury (Death Penalty Case)), and adopted new instructions 3.12(e) (Jury Verdict Form —...

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