In Re Stan. Jury Instr. in Criminal Cases

543 So. 2d 1205, 1989 WL 34342
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedMarch 30, 1989
Docket73033
StatusPublished
Cited by52 cases

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543 So.2d 1205 (1989)

In re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES.

No. 73033.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 30, 1989.

Harry Lee Coe, III, Chairman, Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (Criminal), Tampa, for petitioner.

PER CURIAM.

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (Criminal) has submitted two petitions which propose amendments to the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. The petitions are set forth below, and the exhibits referred to therein are appended to the end of this opinion:

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (88-1) ______________________________________

To: CHIEF JUSTICE AND JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

Your committee recommends the following revisions to the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. Most of the proposed revisions are the same as those published in the January 1, 1988, issue of the Florida Bar News. A few changes have been made based on responses to the proposals as published, and some additional proposals that the committee believes are noncontroversial have been added. Following the order in which the instructions appear in The Florida Bar's jury instructions manual, the changes recommended and the reasons for the changes are provided below. To the extent possible, wording to be deleted is indicated by strike through marks and wording to be added is underlined.

1. Page 39 of the Bar's manual provides an instruction on entrapment. Chapter 87-243, Section 42, Laws of Florida, creates Section 777.201, Florida Statutes, which redefines the entrapment defense. Instructions incorporating the new law are provided in Exhibit 1. The new instruction is for offenses occurring on or after October 1, 1987. The committee decided to retain the current instruction for use when the offense occurred before October 1, 1987. An additional proposed change to both of the instructions is the addition of a definition of "predisposition." In particular, the court's attention to the final paragraph of the new instruction is requested.

2. Pages 45c and 45d of the manual provide the current instruction on justifiable use of force by law enforcement officers. Chapter 87-147, Laws of Florida, amends Section 776.05, Florida Statutes, to redefine justifiable use of force by an officer. A revised instruction to reflect the statutory change is provided in Exhibit 2.

3. Pages 77 through 82 of the manual provide instructions on penalty proceedings in capital cases. Chapter 87-368, Section 1, Laws of Florida, creates Section 921.141(5)(j), Florida Statutes, which provides an additional aggravating circumstance to be considered by the jury. The committee therefore proposes the addition of paragraph 10 to the list on pages 78 and 79 of the manual as follows:

10. The victim of the crime for which defendant is to be sentenced was a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties.

4. Page 97 of the manual provides for the offense of carrying concealed weapons. A change to paragraph 2 of that instruction is proposed as follows:

2. The (weapon alleged) was concealed from the ordinary sight of another person others who might casually observe the defendant.

Support for the current wording comes from Ensor v. State, 403 So.2d 349, 354 (Fla. 1981), but the committee believes that the instruction should be amended to conform to the statutory definition of "concealed weapon" in Section 790.001(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1987).

5. Page 98 of the manual provides an instruction based on Section 790.05, Florida Statutes (1981). That law was repealed in *1206 1987; therefore, the instruction should be removed. See Chapter 87-24, Laws of Florida.

6. Page 99 of the manual provides an instruction based on Section 790.07(1) and (2), Florida Statutes. A change in paragraph 1b is proposed as follows:

b. [carried a [weapon] [firearm], which was concealed from the ordinary sight of another person others who might casually observe him.]

The reason for this change is the same as the one in paragraph 4 above.

7. Page 102 provides an instruction on Section 790.15, Florida Statutes. The committee recommends amending paragraphs a and b of the instruction as follows:

a. [(Defendant) knowingly discharged a firearm in a public place.]
b. [(Defendant) knowingly discharged a firearm on the right of way of a paved road, highway or street.]

The word "knowingly" is included in paragraph c of the current instruction and should be inserted in paragraphs a and b as shown.

8. Regarding page 103 of the manual, paragraph 3b should be amended as follows:

b. [a disruption of governmental commerce.]

Although the wording of the Section 790.161, Florida Statutes, may be ambiguous, the committee believes that "governmental" modifies only "operations" and not "commerce."

9. Pages 111 and 112 provide instructions for Sections 790.221 and 790.23, Florida Statutes, respectively. The committee proposes the addition of a definition of "possess" to those instructions. The definition proposed is the same as the one used in the drug possession instructions. Exhibit 3 provides the full instructions with the definition of "possess" added. Paragraph 2 of the instruction on Section 790.23 also is amended to conform to the statute.

10. Page 147 provides an instruction on theft. Section 812.014, Florida Statutes, was amended by Chapter 87-376, Laws of Florida. A revised instruction to incorporate the changes in the law is provided in Exhibit 4.

11. The instructions on pages 150 and 151 cover dealing in stolen property. The effect of Section 812.028(3), Florida Statutes, is not provided for in the current instructions. The amendments shown in Exhibit 5 are intended to incorporate that statute.

12. The robbery instruction on page 155 of the manual needs to conform to Section 812.13, Florida Statutes, as amended by Chapter 87-315, Laws of Florida. Exhibit 6 provides the proposed instruction.

13. Pages 163 and 164 provide the instruction for contributing to delinquency and to dependency. The wording of the instruction on page 163 does not need to be revised. Most of the wording on page 164, however, is based on former delinquency and dependency definitions that have been revised several times. The committee intends to propose a revised instruction in the future but, for now, recommends the deletion of the instruction on page 164. Instead, a note should replace the instruction on that page as follows:

Note to Judge: Prepare the definition of "delinquency" or of "dependency" based on the statutory definitions in effect at the time of the alleged offense. See F.S. 39.01.

14. Page 216 provides an instruction on bookmaking. Section 849.25, Florida Statutes, was amended by Chapter 87-243, Section 48, Laws of Florida. A revised instruction incorporating the 1987 amendments is proposed. See Exhibit 7.

15. Pages 219 through 250 provide instructions for drug abuse and drug trafficking offenses under Chapter 893, Florida Statutes. Chapter 87-243, Laws of Florida, amends several statutes covered by those instructions. Revisions to the affected instructions are proposed. See Exhibit 8.

16. Currently there are no instructions for prosecutions under Chapter 895, Florida Statutes. Proposed instructions are provided in Exhibit 9.

*1207 17. Pages 261 and 262 provide a comment on the schedule of lesser included offenses.

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