Florida Jury Instructions - Defendant's Failure to Testify

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Sample Jury Instruction - This sample jury instruction states that there should be no inference made from the Defendant not testifying on his own behalf.

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Florida Standard Jury Instruction 3.6(k) provides as follows: An issue in this case is whether the defendant acted out of duress in committing the crime of ( crime charged). It is a defense to ( crime charged) if the defendant acted out of duress.

Valcin, set forth certain criteria for imposing evidentiary presumptions in the event of negligent or intentional destruction of hospital records, as follows: 1) If the hospital is unable to produce the records, the plaintiff must establish that the absence of the records hinders the plaintiff's ability to establish a ...

In relevant part, Florida's Standard Jury Instruction on the Justified Use of Deadly Force reads: It is a defense to the crime[s] of (name[s] of relevant crime[s], including lesser-included offenses) if the actions of (defendant) constituted the justifiable [use] [or] [threatened use] of deadly force.

Florida Standard Jury Instruction (Crim.) 3.7, which is used when requested by a defendant who pleads not guilty, provides in pertinent part that: The defendant has entered a plea of not guilty. This means you must presume or believe the defendant is innocent.

Jury instructions should ideally be brief, concise, non-repetitive, relevant to the case's details, understandable to the average juror, and should correctly state the law without misleading the jury or inviting unnecessary speculation.

A reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt, a speculative, imaginary or forced doubt. Such a doubt must not influence you to return a verdict of not guilty if you have an abiding conviction of guilt.

The court may not impose a sentence of death unless each juror individually finds the defendant should be sentenced to death. Even when death is a possible sentence, each juror must decide based on his or her own moral assessment whether life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or death, should be imposed.

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Florida Jury Instructions - Defendant's Failure to Testify