In Re: Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC16-181 ____________ IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA EVIDENCE CODE. [February 16, 2017] PER CURIAM. We have for consideration the regular-cycle report1 of The Florida Bar’s Code and Rules of Evidence Committee (Committee), concerning legislative changes to the Florida Evidence Code and to section 766.102, Florida Statutes (2012). We have jurisdiction,2 and, as discussed below, we decline to adopt, to the extent they are procedural, any of the legislative changes addressed in the Committee’s report. BACKGROUND Prior Amendments to the Florida Evidence…