Legal Opinion

The Florida Bar Re: Standard Jury Instructions Criminal Cases

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 10, 1985No. 67396PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

477 So.2d 985 (1985)

THE FLORIDA BAR re: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS CRIMINAL CASES.

No. 67396.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 10, 1985.

Stephen H. Grimes, Chairman, Lakeland, for the Committee On Florida Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases, Petitioner.

2Per curiam

The Supreme Court Committee on Florida Standard Instructions in Criminal Cases has submitted the following report and recommendations as to amendments to the standard instructions in criminal cases:

1. As presently written, the sentencing charge in capital cases states that the jury's recommendation must be made by a majority, whereas case…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Hedges v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
  3. Ivester v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  4. Rotenberry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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4Cited by60 opinions

  1. Combs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1988
  2. Smiley v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  3. In Re Standard Instruct. in Cr. Cases No. 2007-10Supreme Court of Florida · 2008
  4. In re Amendments To Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Instruction 7.7.Supreme Court of Florida · 2010
  5. Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2Supreme Court of Florida · 2007

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