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IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES – REPORT 2019-13
PROPOSED ORDER
In In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure–Standard Jury Instructions, No. SC20-145, 2020 WL 1059952 (Fla. 2020), the Court adopted new court rules pertaining to the creation, modification, and use of standard jury instructions. As relevant here, the Court has authorized the Standard Jury Instruction Committees to develop and approve new and amended standard jury instructions to be published for use without authorization by the Court. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.270(a). Therefore, the following cases are hereby dismissed and remanded to the committees for reconsideration pursuant to the new rules: In re Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases—Report No. 19-05, No. SC19-1560, 2020 WL 1066017; In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report 2019-13, No SC19-1912, ––– So.3d ––––, 2020 WL 1081613; In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report 2019-14, No SC19-2121, 2020 WL 1064824; In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report 2019-15, No SC19-2159, 2020 WL 1064825; and In re Standard Jury Instructions in Contract and Business Cases—2020 Report, No. SC20-95, 2020 WL 1066045.
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, and MUÑIZ, JJ., concur.
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Docket No: CASE NO.: SC19-1912
Decided: March 05, 2020
Court: Supreme Court of Florida.
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