Legal Opinion
In re Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases No. 2005-7
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 7, 2006No. Nos. SC05-1961, SC05-1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
We have for consideration proposed new jury instructions for use in civil or criminal cases in which the services of an interpreter or translator are used.- We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.
These cases came to the Court as two separate reports, one proposing new jury instructions for criminal cases (SC05-1961), and the other proposing new jury instructions for civil cases (SC05-1999). We consolidate these cases.
BACKGROUND
In 2002, the Court authorized for publication and use several new and amended jury instructions proposed by the Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Rafael Valencia and Luis Arturo PenaflorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases—Submission 2001-1Supreme Court of Florida · 2002
3Cited by3 opinions
- Tomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
- In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2014-05Supreme Court of Florida · 2015
- In Re Standard Jury Instruct. in Criminal Cases No. 2007-02Supreme Court of Florida · 2008