In re Amendments to Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Instruction 7.7

On the Court’s own motion, we previously amended instruction 7.7 (Manslaughter) of the Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases on an interim basis and then published the amended instruction for public comment. In re Amends. to Std. Jury Instrs., 41 So.3d 853 (Fla.2010). Having reviewed the comment and response from the Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee), as well as the comments filed by individual members of The Florida Bar, and having heard oral argument, we now further amend the language of the instruction to clarify that it requires an…