Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2

962 So. 2d 310, 2007 WL 2002611
CourtSupreme Court of Florida
DecidedJuly 12, 2007
DocketSC06-2303
StatusPublished
Cited by26 cases

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Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2, 962 So. 2d 310, 2007 WL 2002611 (Fla. 2007).

Opinion

962 So.2d 310 (2007)

In re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES — REPORT NO. 2006-2.

No. SC06-2303.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 12, 2007.

Honorable Terry David Terrell, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, First Judicial Circuit, Pensacola, FL, for Petitioner.

PER CURIAM.

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has filed a report, proposing amendments to Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases 8.4 — Aggravated Battery; 8.10 — Assault on Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter; 8.11 — Battery on Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter; 8.12 — Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter; 8.13 — Aggravated Battery on Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter; 8.14 — Aggravated Battery on Person 65 Years of Age or Older; 11.1 — Sexual Battery — Victim Less than 12 Years of Age; 13.1 — Burglary; 14.2 — Dealing in Stolen Property (Fencing); 14.3 — Dealing in Stolen Property (Organizing); and 27.1 — Escape. The Committee also proposes new instructions *311 6.3 — Attempted Felony Murder; 6.3(a) — Attempted Felony Murder — Injury Caused by Another; 8.4(a) — Aggravated Battery (Pregnant Victim); 10.16 — Use of a Firearm While Under the Influence; 13.5(a) — Trespass on School Grounds or Facilities; 13.5(b) — Trespass on School Grounds or Facilities after Warning by Principal or Designee; 20.13 — Fraudulent Use or Possession of Personal Identification Information; 20.14 — Harassment by Use of Personal Identification Information; 20.15 — Fraudulent Use of Personal Identification Information of a Minor; 20.16 — Fraudulent Use of Personal Identification Information of a Minor by a Parent or Guardian; 20.17 — Fraudulent Use or Possession of Personal Identification Information Concerning a Deceased Individual; and 20.18 — Fraudulent Creation, Use or Possession of Counterfeit Personal Identification Information. The Committee published the proposals for comment in The Florida Bar News prior to submission to the Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

We decline to authorize proposed new instructions 20.13 — Fraudulent Use or Possession of Personal Identification Information, and 20.17 — Fraudulent Use or Possession of Personal Identification Information Concerning a Deceased Individual. Unlike the other instructions pertaining to the unlawful use or possession of personal identification information, these proposed instructions include provisions for an enhanced penalty based upon the use of a public record to facilitate or further the identity theft, pursuant to sections 817.568(5) and (10), as well as based upon the pecuniary benefit, value of the services received, the payment sought to be avoided, or the amount of the injury or fraud perpetrated, or the number of individuals victimized. See §§ 817.568(2)(b) and (c); 817.568(8)(b) and (c), Fla. Stat. While the basis for the enhanced penalty under sections 817.568(2) and 817.568(8) is fraudulent use, an enhancement under section 817.568(5) or section 817.568(10) does not require fraudulent use. However, proposed new instructions 20.13 and 20.17 cite sections 817.568(5) and 817.568(10), and state "Give if applicable and Fraudulent Use is charged." We are concerned that these proposed instructions fail to distinguish between the two distinct bases for application of an enhanced penalty, i.e., use of a public record to facilitate or further the identity theft, as distinguished from fraudulent use of personal identification information in respect to the pecuniary benefit, value of the services received, the payment sought to be avoided, or the amount of the injury or fraud perpetrated, or the number of individuals victimized. Therefore, we refer these proposed instructions back to the Committee to address this issue.

Having considered the Committee's report and one comment filed, we hereby authorize the publication and use of the other proposals, as set forth in the appendix to this opinion, with minor modifications.[1] In doing so, we express no opinion *312 on the correctness of those instructions and remind all interested parties that this authorization forecloses neither requesting additional or alternative instructions nor contesting the legal correctness of the instructions. We further caution all interested parties that any notes and comments associated with the instructions reflect only the opinion of the Committee and are not necessarily indicative of the views of this Court as to their correctness or applicability. New language is indicated by underlining, and deleted language is struck-through. The instructions as set forth in the appendix shall be effective when this opinion becomes final.

It is so ordered.

LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.

APPENDIX

6.3 ATTEMPTED FELONY MURDER —FIRST DEGREE [ENUMERATED FELONY] [NON-ENUMERATED FELONY]

§§ 782.04(1)(a) and 777.04 § 782.051(1) and (2), Fla. Stat.

The instructions on attempted first and third degree felony murder have been deleted. See State v. Gray, 654 So.2d 552 (Fla.1995).

To prove the crime of Attempted Felony Murder, the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. (Defendant) [committed] [attempted to commit] a (crime alleged).
2. While engaged in the [commission] [attempted commission] [escape from the immediate scene] of (crime alleged), the defendant [committed] [aided or abetted] an intentional act that is not an essential element of (crime alleged).
3. This intentional act could have but did not cause the death of (victim).

(Crime alleged) is defined by Florida law as (define the crime).

In order to convict (defendant) of Attempted Felony Murder, it is not necessary for the State to prove that [he] [she] had a premeditated design or intent to kill.

Lesser Included Offenses

No lesser included offenses have been identified for this offense.

Comment

Section 782.051(1), Fla. Stat., applies where the defendant is alleged to have committed or attempted to commit a felony enumerated in section 782.04(3). Section 782.051(2), Fla. Stat., applies where the defendant is alleged to have committed or attempted to commit a felony not enumerated in section 782.04(3), Fla. Stat.

This instruction was adopted in 2007. See Battle v. State, 911 So.2d 85 (Fla. 2005).

*313 6.3(a) ATTEMPTED FELONY MURDER — INJURY CAUSED BY ANOTHER

§ 782.051(3) Fla. Stat.

To prove the crime of Attempted Felony Murder, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. (Defendant) [committed] [attempted to commit] a (crime alleged).
2. (Victim) was injured during the [commission] [attempted commission] of an escape from the immediate scene of the (crime alleged) by an individual other than the person(s) [committing] [attempting to commit] [escaping from the immediate scene of] the (crime alleged).

(Crime alleged) is defined by Florida law as (define the crime).

In order to convict the defendant of attempted felony murder, it is not necessary for the state to prove that the defendant had a premeditated design or intent to kill.

Lesser Included Offenses

No lesser included offenses have been identified for this offense.

Comment

Section 782.051(3), Fla.

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