In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2011-05

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted a report proposing three new standard criminal jury instructions and amendments to an existing standard criminal jury instruction. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

The Committee proposes that the Court authorize for publication and use new instruction 8.9(f) — Eyewitness Identification, new instruction 3.6(m) — Affirmative Defense: Temporary Possession of Controlled Substance for Legal Disposal, and new instruction 3.6(n) — Affirmative Defense: Controlled Substance was…