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
On its own motion, the Florida Supreme Court adopted new Rules of Judicial Administration 2.270 and 2.580, amended Rule of Civil Procedure 1.470(b) and Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.390, and deleted Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.985. The Court removed itself from the process of authorizing standard jury instructions, giving the three standard jury instruction committees plenary authority to approve instructions for publication and use by two-thirds vote. The amendments took effect April 1, 2020, with a 75-day comment period.
Key facts
- The Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, adopted amendments to the Rules of Judicial Administration and Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure governing standard jury instructions, effective April 1, 2020.
- The amendments transferred authority to approve standard jury instructions from the Florida Supreme Court to three standard jury instruction committees, each acting by two-thirds vote, without requiring Supreme Court authorization.
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Why it matters
This is a structural change to Florida jury-instruction practice that civil trial lawyers must know: standard instructions no longer carry any imprimatur of Supreme Court approval, and prior Court-authorized… — full analysis with a trial
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