Hurtado v. State

We affirm defendant’s convictions for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. See Huff v. State, 537 So.2d 1130 (Fla.2d DCA 1989); McElrath v. State, 516 So.2d 276 (Fla.2d DCA 1987).

This case provides a propitious occasion to reiterate the following statement made by this court in Smith v. Mogelvang, 432 So.2d 119, 125 (Fla.2d DCA 1983):

Unnecessary departures from the standard jury instructions may undermine the unquestionably beneficial effect of those forms on the Florida trial system as a whole. That system depends in large part for its fairness and effective…