STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (94-1)
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The Florida Supreme Court approved a new standard jury instruction for attempted third-degree felony murder and amended existing instructions on excusable homicide to correct terminology.
The Court approved the new instruction for attempted third-degree felony murder, renamed the third-degree murder instruction to 'FELONY MURDER — THIRD DEGREE,' and amended the excusable homicide instructions to correct the language from 'accident or misfortune' to 'accident and misfortune.'
[1] The Supreme Court of Florida approves for publication a new jury instruction for attempted third-degree felony murder.
[2] The Court amends the title of the instruction on third-degree murder to read: FELONY MURDER — THIRD DEGREE.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“Before you can find the defendant guilty of Attempted Third Degree Felony Murder, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt”
Establishes the foundational requirement for conviction on attempted third-degree felony murder charges
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PER CURIAM.
The Court recently approved an instruction on attempted first-degree felony murder for inclusion in the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, 636 So. 2d 502 (Fla.1994). The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (Criminal) now recommends that a similar instruction be approved for attempted third-degree felony murder. The new instruction would be the same as the one on attempted first-degree felony murder except for the title and the elimination of the reference to burglary in the first Note to Judge. In order to be consistent, we hereby amend the title to the instruction on third-degree murder to read: FELONY MURDER — THIRD DEGREE. We approve for publication the new instruction which is set forth in the appendix to this opinion.
Further, it has come to our attention that paragraph 2 of the instructions on excusable homicide and excusable attempted homicide erroneously employ the term “accident or misfortune.” Accordingly, the Court, on its own motion, amends paragraph 2 of those instructions to read “accident and misfortune.”
The new instruction and the amendment shall be effective when this opinion becomes final.
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., and McDONALD, Senior Justice, concur. APPENDIX
ATTEMPTED FELONY MURDER — THIRD DEGREE F.S. 782.04(l)(a) and 777.04
Before you can find the defendant guilty of Attempted Third Degree Felony Murder, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Elements
Give la if defendant is 1. a. [ (Defendant) did some overt act, which could have actual perpetrator caused the death of (victim), but did not.]
Give lb if defendant is b. [Some person other than (defendant) did some specific, not actual perpetrator overt act which could have caused the death of (victim) but did not; but both (defendant) and the person who did the specific overt act were principals in the commission of (crime alleged).]
Give 2a, 2b, or 2c as ap-2. The act was committed as a consequence of and while plicable
a. [the defendant was engaged in the commission of (crime alleged).]
b. [the defendant was attempting to commit (crime alleged).]
e. [the defendant, or an accomplice, was escaping from the immediate scene of (crime alleged).]
In order to convict of attempted third degree felony murder, it is not necessary for the State to prove that the defendant had a premeditated design or intent to kill.
It is not an attempt to commit third degree felony murder if the [defendant] [person who committed the specific overt act] abandoned the attempt to commit the offense or otherwise prevented its commission under circumstances indicating a complete and voluntary renunciation of [his] [her] criminal purpose.
Notes to Judge 1. Define the crime alleged.
2. If lb is given, immediately give principal instruction (3.01 on page 32a).
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