In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-06.

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

*283 The Committee's proposals derive from two referrals by the Court to the Committee. The first referral concerned instructions that pertain to section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2017), and was based upon Ramroop v. State , 214 So.3d 657 (Fla. 2017), in which we held that the State must prove that the…