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Proposals for Comment

2.1(c) – QUESTIONS BY JURORS

3.6(f) – JUSTIFIABLE [USE][OR] [THREATENED USE] OF DEADLY FORCE

3.6(g) – JUSTIFIABLE [USE][OR] [THREATENED USE] OF NON-DEADLY FORCE

8.22 – WRITTEN [OR ELECTRONIC] THREAT TO [KILL] [DO BODILY INJURY] [CONDUCT A MASS SHOOTING] CONDUCT AN ACT OF TERRORISM]

8.31 – MALICIOUS [BATTERY] [OR] [INFLICTION OF CRUEL OR INHUMAN  TREATMENT] CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM, PERMANENT DISABILITY, OR PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT BY A STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE UPON AN INMATE OR OFFENDER

10.15(b) – POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A VIOLENT CAREER CRIMINAL

11.27 – SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY A [STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT] [ PRIVATE CORRECTIONS] EMPLOYEE UPON AN INMATE OR OFFENDER

14.4 – RETAIL THEFT

21.10 – TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, VICTIM, OR INFORMANT

21.11 –  HARASSING A WITNESS, VICTIM, OR INORMANT

21.21 – FAILURE TO REPORT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED UNLAWFUL ABUSE OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY A STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE UPON AN INMATE OR OFFENDER

28.5 – RECKLESS DRIVING

29.8 – UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW

The committee invites all interested persons to comment on the proposals, reproduced in full in The Florida Bar News Notices. Comments must be received by the committee in either electronic format or hard copy on or before April 14, 2023. The committee will review all comments received in response to the proposals and will consider amendments based upon the comments received. File your comments electronically to [email protected], in the format of a Word document. If you cannot file electronically, mail a hard copy of the comment to Standard Jury Instructions Committee in Criminal Cases, c/o Bart Schneider, General Counsel’s Office, Office of the State Courts Administrator, 500 S. Duval St., Tallahassee 32399-1900.

Additional Proposals for Comment

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases submits the following amended instructions for comment. Note: Bills filed in the current session of the Florida Legislature would amend section 921.141, Florida Statutes, which sets forth the requirements for death penalty sentencing proceedings. See SB 450, HB 555. The proposed instructions and verdict form (below) are based on the existing version of s. 921.141. For now, the committee proposes the following:

3.12(e) – JURY VERDICT FORM – DEATH PENALTY

7.10 – PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS IN PENALTY PROCEEDINGS – CAPITAL CASES

7.11 – FINAL INSTRUCTIONS IN PENALTY PROCEEDINGS – CAPITAL CASES

The committee invites all interested persons to comment on the proposals, reproduced in full in The Florida Bar News Notices. Comments must be received by the committee in either electronic format or hard copy on or before May 12, 2023. The committee will review all comments received in response to the proposals and will consider amendments based upon the comments received. File your comments electronically to [email protected], in the format of a Word document. If you cannot file electronically, mail a hard copy of the comment to Standard Jury Instructions Committee in Criminal Cases, c/o Bart Schneider, General Counsel’s Office, Office of the State Courts Administrator, 500 S. Duval St., Tallahassee 32399-1900.