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43 Fla. L. Weekly S512 SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

Committee later submitted a revised proposal in response to comments. While we generally approve the Committee's revisions, the revised proposal would have allowed

twenty days[ ratherthan ten, to serve a reply brief. In order to maintain consistency with otherprovisions in rule 9.146(g)(3)(B), we haverevised the Committee's proposal such

that parties are allowed twenty days to respond after the last initial brief, and ten days

to respond after the last answer brief.

3Wehave revised the Committee's proposal to refer specifically to requirements for

electronic service in Rule ofJudicial Administration 2.516(b).

"See CoastalDev. ofN. Fla.,Inc. v. City ofJacksonville Beach, 788 So. 2d 204,205

footnotes.

(a) Florida Supreme Court.

(111887-present: Fenelonv. State. 594 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1992).

{211846-1886: Livingston v. L 'Engle, 22 Fla. 427 (1886).

J ±' C-fl&LL/fl 1

n.3(Fla.20CII); Fla. Power &Light Co. v.CityofDania,76l So.2d 1089,1094 (Fla.

2000) ("No statewide criterion exists at this time."); see also Broward Cty. v. G.B. V.

Intern., Ltd.

Anstead,J.)

, 787 So. 2d 838, 849-53 (Fla. 2001) (Pariente, J., dissenting, joined by

(LEWIS, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.) I dissent

because there is no need to amend the rule with regard to joinder on

appeal. This amendment is likely to generate more confusion than

clarity. I concur with the remainder ofthe amendments.

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Rules of Appellate Procedure—Amendment—Uniform Citation

System

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

9.800. Supreme Court of Florida. Case No. SC17-999. October 25,2018. Original

Proceeding—Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure. Counsel: Courtney Rebecca

Brewer, Ch lir, Appellate CourtRules Committee, Tallahassee, Kristin A. Norse, Past

Chair, App sllate Court Rules Committee, Tampa; and Joshua E. Doyle, Executive

Director, and Heather Savage Telfer, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, for

Petitioner.

(PER CUjRIAM.) This matter is before the Court for consideration of

proposed, amendments to Florida Rule ofAppellate Procedure 9.800

(Uniforn

Fla. Cons t.

TheFlorida Bar's Appellate CourtRules Committee (Committee)

proposes

uniform

proposal

Citation System). We havejurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a),

amendments to rule 9.800 to substantially update the

citation formats provided in that rule. The Committee's

to amend the rule was first presented to the Court in the

Commirt 5e' s regular-cycle report ofproposed rule amendments in In

re Amendments to the Florida Rules ofAppellate Procedure—2017

Regular-Cycle Report, No. SC17-152 (Fla. report filed Jan. 31,

2017).' The Court, on its own motion, entered an order directing that

the proposed amendments to rule 9.800 be severed and addressed in

the instant case. See In re Amends, to Fla. Rules ofApp. Pro.—2017

Regular-CycleReport,No. SC17-152 (Ha. order filed May 31,2017).

Wehave fully considered the Committee's proposed amendments.

Weadopt many ofthe Committee's proposed amendments. However,

we have revised a number of the Committee's proposals.

Accordingly, we amendFlorida Ruleo£A^idla!eProcedure 9.800

as set forth in the appendix to this oranionTNew language is mdicat&d by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The ] amendments shall become effective January 1,2019, at 12:01 a.m. J

It is ijo ordered. (CANADY\CJ., and PARIENTE, LEWJS, QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGAyand LAWSON, JJ., conc*S\)

'The Board ofGovernors ofThe Florida Bar unanimously approved the proposed amendments. The Courtpublished the amendments to rule 9.800 along with the other

proposals in Case No. SC17-152 [43 Fla. L. Weekly S508c]. No comments were filed

addressing jule 9.800.

APPENDIX

RULE 9.800. UNIFORM CITATIONSYSTEM

This rule applies to all legal documents, including court opinions.

Except for citations to case reporters, all citation forms should be

spelled ojjt in full if used as an integral part of a sentence either in the text or in footnotes. Abbreviated forms as shown in this rule should be

used if the citation is intended to stand alone either in the text or in

(3) For recent opinionscases not yetpublished in Ons-Southem

Reporter, cite to Florida Law Weekly: Traylor v. State, 17 Fla. L.

Weekly S42 (Fla. Jan. 16,1992). Ifnot therein, cite to the slip opinion:

Medina v. State, No. SC00-280 (Fla. Mar. 14, 2002). With a slip

opinion cite, citations to Westlaw: Singh v. State, No. SC10-1544,

2014WL7463592 (Fla. Dec. 30.2014). orLEXIS: Johnston v. State,

No. SC09-839.2010Fla. LEXIS 62 (Fla. Jan. 21.2010). may also be

provided.

(b) Florida District Courts ofAppeal.

/1\ C.if.-J.iii j.i v ?f.-iftj *P.n ' *Vi ?.H 'ill (TTIj ?A DPA \i.J ZJC7R7Fl77Zgc7v\ TJTUlc, *J~>\Jvju. £Q JTt ^x la.£U LJK^n.

VmfiBuncayo v. Dribin, 533 So. 2d 935 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988);

Sotoloneo v. State, 530 So! 2d 514 (Ha. 2d DCA1988). (2) For recent opmionscases not yet-published in Southern

Reporter, cite to Florida Law Weekly: Myers v. State, 16 Fla. L.

Weekly D1507 (Fla. 4thDCAJune5,1991). Ifnottherein, cite to the

slip opinion: Fleming v. State, No. lD01-2734(Fla. lstDCAMar.6,

2002). With a slip opinion cite, citations to Westlaw: Williams v. State,

No. 2D14-2438.2014 WL3418358 (Fla. 2dDCAJune 12.2014). or

LEXIS: Minakan v. Husted, No. 4D09-4439,2010 Fla. App. LEXIS

288 (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 20.2010). may also be provided.

(c) Florida Circuit Courts and County Courts.

(1) Wliidden v. Francis, 27 Fla. Supp. 80 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct.

J96eCircuit Court: State v. Ruoff. 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 619 (Fla.

17th Cir. Ct. Feb. 13.2010)

(2) State v. Alvarez, 42 Fla. Supp. 83 (Fla. Dade Cty. Ct.

Court: Gables Ins. Recovery v. Progressive Am. Ins.

Co., 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 637 (Miami-DadeCtv. Ct. Oct. 8.2014).

(3) For opinionscases not published in Florida Law Weekly

Supplement, cite to Florida Law Weekly Supplement: State v. Ruoff,

17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 619 (Fla. 17th Or. Ct. Feb. 13.20lO)Florida

Supplement or Florida Supplement Second: Whidden v. Francis, 27

Ha. Supp. 80 (Fla. 1 lth Cir. Ct. 1966). If not therein, cite to Florida

LawWeekly.Statev. Cahill, 16Fla.L. WeeklyC41 (Fla. 19thCir.Ct.

Mar. 5,1991). If not therein, cite to the slip opinion: Jones v. City of

Ocoee, No. CVAI-93-18 (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. Dec. 9,1996). With a slip

opinion cite, citations to Westlaw: Berne v. State, No. 2006-CA-9772-

O. 2009 WL 8626616 (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. Oct. 26. 2009). or LEXIS:

Alberti v. Gangell. No. 51-2008-CA-0198-WS/H. 2014 Ha. Cir.

LEXIS 55 (Fla. 6th Cir. Ct. Apr. 16.2014). may also be provided.

(d) Florida Administrative Agencies. (Cite if not in Southern

ivCportcr.j

\i) l'or decisions 01 trie 1 udiig .LLiiipioyccs xvelcitiG

sion: Indian River Educ. As School DdSchool Dd.M, 4 F.P.E.R. 4262

^For agency final orders: Pep't ofHealth v. Migicovsky, No.

2011-16915 (Fla. Bd. ofMed. Dec. 17.2012) (Final Order No. DOH-

12-2692-FOF-MOA).

(2) For decisions ofthe Florida Public Service Commission: In

reApplication ofTampaElec. Co., 81 F.P.S.C. 2:120 (1981)Division

ofAdministrative Hearings: Pep'tofFin. Servs.,Piv. ofIns. Agent&

Agency Servs. v. Pearson, No. 13-4478PL (Ha. DOAH Oct. 15.2014)

(Recommended Order).

X'oi decisions postcQ on tnc .Division ol

Hearings' website: Dig BendHospice, Inc. v. AgencyforHealth Care

Adminisliation, Case- No. 01 4415 CON (Ha. DOAII Nov. 7,2002;

ria.AHCAApi.8,2003).

(4) For decisions that are notposted on theDivision ofAdminis

trative Hearings' website but are reported in the Florida Administra-

Headiiates aad indexes are «5pyriglifcd and may not be duplicated by photocopying, printing.

or other means without the express permission of the publishers. 1-800-351-0917

SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA 43 Fla. L. Weekly S513

XvCuOl iS • I/IS ■ Co. v. Pep \ RA.L.R. 648 A

[jostco on tiic ±jv

(Fla. Dep't of Ins. 1980).

\3) a 01" 01'Q.CJ.S til3.1 cll~£

11iv C ixCclllligS w CDSltC' Ol XC-jpOiTCQ 111 0110 01 lllC 3.DOVCX"CpOiTCrS! Ill 1~£

Town ofInglis Petitionfor Wumr, Final Order No. 07 0590 (Ha. DEP

i^ UU IUU I) lioiii triepr. i^, ^-UU I) (^ciVciiidulc lioiii trie agency cicik).

(3) To cite a case's subsequent history at the agency and in the

courts: Pep'tofHealthy. Sabates,~No. 10-9430PL(Fla.DOAHJune

23, 2011) (Recommended Order), adoptedwith reducedpenalty. No.

2009-06686 (Fla. Bd. ofMed. Aug. 29,2011) (Final Order No. DOH-

l\l-210l-F<JF-MOA\aff'dinpartandrev'dinpart. 104 So. 3d 1227 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).

(4) Decisions that are not available online may be cited to an

administrative law reporter as follows if published therein:

(A) Florida AdministrativeLawReports: Pep't ofHealth v.

^abates. 34 F.A.L.R. 2378 (Ha. Bd. of Med. 2011): (B) Florida Career Service Reporter: Arenas v. Pep't of

Corr..25 F.C.S.R. 309 (Fla. Pub. Emp. Rel. Comm'n 2010):

(C) Environmental and Land Use Administrative Law

\eporter: In reRiverview Pointe, Manatee Qy., 2013 E.R. F.A.L.R.

50 at 2 (Fla. Dep't ofEnvtl. Prot. 2012); (D) FloridaPepartmentofRevenue TaxReporter: Technical

Ass't Advm 't 09A-049,2009 Tax F.A.L.R. 431 (Fla. Dep't of Rev.

2009):

| (E) Florida PublicEmployeeReporter: Pelgado v. Sch. Pist. ofBroward Cty., 36 F.P.E.R. 207 (Fla. Pub. Emp. Rel. Comm'n Gen.

Counsel 2010;

(F) Florida Public Service Commission Reporter: In re

'uclear CostRecovery Clause. 2013 F.P.S.C. 10:149 (Fla. Pub. Serv.

Qomm'n2013;

(G) Florida CompensationReports: Whitney v. Mercy Hosp.,

9 F.C.R. 373 (Fla. Indus. Rel. Comm'n 1976);

(H) Florida Pivision ofAdministrative Hearings Reports:

Fla. Real Estate Comm'n v. Warrington, 39 F.D.O.A.H. 747 (Fla.

Bleal Estate Comm'n 1977);

j (I) FloridaAdministrativeReporter: Cockrellv. Comptroller, 12F.A.R. 192 (Ha. Comptroller 1979).

(e) Florida Constitution. (Year of adoption should be given if

necessary to avoid confusion.)When citing a provision that has been

repealed, superseded, or amended, provide the year ofadoption ofthe

provision or the version thereofbeing cited.

(1) Current provision: Art. V. § 3(b)(3). Ha. Const.

(2) Historical provision: Art. V. § 3(b)(3). Fla. Const. (1972).

(f) Florida Statutes-fGffidal).

(1) § 350.34, Ha. Stat. (1973)48.031. Ha. Stat. (2014).

{22§ ^653120.54. Ha. Stat. (Supp. J9741998).

(g) Florida Statutes Annotated. (To be used only for court

adopted rules, or references to other nonstatutory materials that do not

appeal1 in an official publication.)When citing material other than a

section of Florida Statutes, provide page numbers.

32 Ha. Stat. Ann. 116(Guuu.l975)7Ha. Stat Ann. §95.11 (2017). 30 Ha. Stat. Ann. 69-70 (2004).

i (h) Florida Administrative Code. When citing an administrative

rale that has been repealed, superseded, or amended, provide the year

of adoption of the provision or the version thereofbeing cited.

Fla. Admin. CodeR. 62D-2.014.

Ha. Admin. CodeR. 62D-2.014 (2003).

(hi) Florida Laws. (Cite if not in Ha. Stat. or if desired for clarity

adoption reference.)

(1) After 1956: Ch. 74-177, § 5, at4?3TLaws of Fla.

(2) Before 1957: Ch. 22000, Laws of Fla. (1943).

(tj) Florida Rules. When citing a rule that has been repealed.

superseded, or amended, provide the year ofadoption ofthe rule or the

version thereofbeing cited.

(1) Florida Rules of Civil Procedure: Ha. R. Civ. P. 1.180.

(2) Horida Rules of Civil Procedure for Involuntary Commit

ment of Sexually Violent Predators: Ha. R. Civ. P.—S.V.P. 4.010.

(3) Florida Rules of Judicial Administration: Fla. R. Jud.

Admin. 2.110.

(4) Horida Rules ofCriminal Procedure: Ha. R. Crim. P. 3.850.

(5) Florida Probate Rules: Ha. Prob. R. 5.120.

(6) Florida Rules ofTraffic Court: Ha. R. Traf. Ct. 6.165.

(7) Horida Small Claims Rules: Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.070.

(8) Horida Rules ofJuvenile Procedure: Ha. R. Juv. P. 8.070.

(9) HoridaRules ofAppellateProcedure: Ha. R. App. P. 9.100.

(10) Florida Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Media

tors: Fla. R. Med. 10.100.

(11) Horida Rules for Court-Appointed Arbitrators: Ha. R. Arb.

11.010.

(12) HoridaFamily Law Rules ofProcedure: Ha. Fam. L. R. P.

12.010.

1'ltl. Adllllll. v-'OCIClv. Oz-JJ

(13) Rules Regulating the Horida Bar: R. Regulating Ha. Bar

4-1.10.

(14) Code ofJudicial Conduct: Ha. CodeJud. Conduct, Canon

4B.

(15) Horida Bar Foundation Bylaws: Ha. Bar Found. By=

feawsBylaws, art. 2.19(b).

(16) Horida Bar Foundation Charter: Ha. Bar Found. Charter,

art. Ill, § 3.4.

(17) IntegrationRule oftheHorida Bar: Ha. Bar Integr. R., art.

XI, §11.09 (1981).

(18) Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission Rules: Ha.

Jud. Qual. Comm'n R. 9.

(19) Horida Standard Jury Instructions, Civil: Ha. Std. Jury

Instr. (Civ.) 601.4.

(20) Horida Standard Jury Instructions, Contract and Business:

Ha. Std. Jury Instr. (Cont. & Bus.) 416.12.

(21) Horida Standard Jury Instructions. Criminal: Ha. Std. Jury

Instr. (Crim.) 3.7.

(22) Horida Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions: Ha.

Stds. Imposing Law. Sancs. 9.32(a).

(23) Rules ofthe Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the

Bar: Fla. Bar Admiss. R. 3-23.1.

(jk) Florida Attorney General Opinions. Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 73-

178(1973).

(k/) United States Supreme Court.

(Y)_Sansone v. United States, 380 U.S. 343 (1965).

(2) fCite to United States Reports, if published therein;

otherwise cite to Supreme Court Reporter, Lawyer's Edition, or

United States Law Week, in that order of preference. For

opinionscases not published in these reporters, cite to Florida Law

Weekly Federal: California v.HodariP., 13 Ha. L. Weekly Fed. S249

(U.S. Apr. 23, 1991)1 If not therein, cite to the slip opinion: Upper

Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren, No. 17-387 (U.S. May 21.2018).

With a slip opinion cite, citations to Westlaw: Upper Skagit Indian

Tribe v. Lundgren, No. 17-387, 2018 WL 2292445 (U.S. May 21,

2018),or LEXIS: UpperSkagitIndian Tribe v.LunderenMo. 17-387,

2018 U.S. LEXIS 3085 (U.S. May 21.2018). may also beprovided.

(tm) Federal Courts ofAppeals.

(h-GulfOil Corp. v. Bivins, 276 F.2d 753 (5th Cir. 1960).

(2) For opinionscases not published in tire Federal Reporter,

cite to FloridaLaw Weekly Federal: Cunningham v. Zant, 13 Fla. L.

Weekly Fed. C591 (1 lth Cir. MarcfaMar. 27,1991). Ifnottherein. cite

to Federal Appendix: Evans v. McDonald, 313 F. App'x 256 (1 lth

Headnotes and indexes are copyrighted and may not be duplicated by photocopying, printing,

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Cir. 2009). Ifnot therein, cite to the slip opinion: Airtran Airways, Inc.

v. Elem, No. 13-14912 f 1 lth Or. Sept. 23,2014). With a slip opinion

.cite, citations to Westlaw: Murphy v. Dulay, No. 13-14637,2014 WL

50727101(1 lth Cir. Oct. 10. "2014). or LEXIS: Murphy v. Dulav. No. 13-146312014 U.S. App. LEXIS 19311 (11th Cir. Oct. 10.2014). may alsolbe provided.

(tnn) Federal District Courts.

[VlPugh v. Rainwater, 332 F. Supp. 1107 (S.D. Fla. 1971).

{2JFor opinionscases notpublished intheFederalSupplement, cite to Florida Law Weekly Federal: Wasko v. Dugger, 13 Fla. L.

Weekly fed. D183 (S.D. Fla. Apr. 2,1991). If not therein, cite to the slip opinion: Slay v. Hess, No. 5:14-cv-264 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 10,2014).

With a slip opinion cite, citations to Westlaw: Taylor v. Bradshaw, No.

11-80911-CIV. 2014 WL 5325291 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 7. 2014). or LEXIS: Taylor v. Bradshaw, No. 11-80911-CIV, 2014 U.S. Dist.

LEXIS 148468 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 7,2014), may also be provided.

(no) lilnited States Constitution. OlArt. IV, § 2, cl. 2, U.S. Const.

MAmend. V, U.S. Const. (op) (jtther Citations. When referring to specific material within

U X 1O1lGa

Reporter

of The B

Review

Citations

opinioxij pinpoint citation tc •rpagc jfthe, Boutin

where that material occurs is optional, although preferred.

All other citations shall be in the form prescribed by the latest edition

luebook: A Uniform System of Citation, The Harvard Law

Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, MA 02138.

not covered in this rule or in The Bluebook shall be in the

form prescribed by the Florida Style Manual (available at

www.law.fsu.edu/lawreview/florida-style-manual) published by the

Florida State University Law Review, Tallahassee, FL 32306.

(pcj) CaseNames. Case names shall beunderscored for italicized)

in text and in footnotes.

Committee Notes

[No Change]

Standardjury instructions—Criminal—Amendment

IN RE: STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINALCASES—REPORT

2018-02. Sppreme Court ofFlorida. Case No. SC18-513. October 25,2018. Original

Proceeding—Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal

Cases. Cou'nsel: Judge F. Rand Wallis, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, Daytona Beach; and Bart Schneider, StaffLiaison,

Office ofthe State Courts Administrator, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

(PER CURIAM.) The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury

Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed

changes jto the standard jury instructions and asks that the Court authorize the amended standard instructions for publication and use.

We havejjurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amending the following existing

instructions: 2.1(d) (Insanity—Psychotropic Medication); 3.5(c) (Accessory After theFact);and 14.1 (Theft). In addition, the Commit

tee proposes new instructions 21.17 (Compounding a Felony) and 29.5 ([Disorderly Conduct] [Breach of the Peace]). The Committee

published the proposed amendments in The Florida Bar News, and

received onecommentfrom the Florida Public DefenderAssociation,

Inc., concerning new instructions 21.17 and 29.5. The Committee

altered its proposal for new instruction 29.5 upon consideration ofthe

comment. The Court did not publish the proposals after they were

filed. We hereby authorize the amended and new instructions for

publicatian and use as set forth in the appendix to this opinion. The

more sigi dficant amendments to the instructions are discussed below.

First, instruction 2. l(d) (Insanity—Psychotropic Medication), the

pretrial instruction that is givenwhena defendant' s ability to proceed

to trial is dependent on the use of psychotropic medication, is

modified to mirror the language in its corresponding final charge

instruction, 3.6(c) (Psychotropic Medication). Theword "Insanity" is

deleted from the title because instruction 2.1(d) does not address

insanity and the word "Insanity" was recently deleted from the title of

instruction 3.6(c). See In re Std. Jury Instr. in Crim. Cases—Report

No. 2016-04, 206 So. 3d 14, 16 (Fla. 2016). Additionally, the

italicized note at the beginning of instruction 2.1(d) is revised for

uniformity with the italicized note at the beginning of instruction

3.6(c). Anew final paragraph is also added to the instruction inform

ing the jurors that they should not allow the defendant's present

condition in court or any apparent side effect from the psychotropic

medication that maybe observed in court to affect their deliberations.

Next, instruction 3.5(c) (Accessory After the Fact) is renumbered

to 21.18, so that it falls under chapter 21, which contains instructions

for specific crimes involving "Obstruction of Justice," rather than

under chapter 3, which contains instructions for "Final Charge to

Jury," because accessory after the fact is a specific crime. Addition

ally, an italicized note referencing section 777.03(l)(b), Florida

Statutes (2018), is relocated to the comment section, resulting in anew

paragraph. Thenew paragraph addresses considerations that the court

may need to take into account if the felony alleged is child abuse,

neglect of a child, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter

ofachild under 18yearsofage, or murder ofa childunder 18yearsof

age.

Next, instruction 14.1 (Theft) is updated, based in part upon this

Court'sopinioninDMZ?o.j£v. State, 210 So. 3d 641 (Fla. 2017), to add

within the definition of "dwelling" that an enclosure around a

curtilage need not be continuous as it may have an ungated opening

for entering and exiting. The definition of "motor vehicle" found in

section 320.01 (l)(a), Florida Statutes (2018), is also added to the

instruction. Further, a newparagraph is added to the comment section

stating that a special instruction will berequired ifthe defendant found

lost or abandoned property and failed to report the description and

location to a law enforcement officer, or unlawfully appropriated the

lost or abandoned property, citing section 705.102, Florida Statutes

(2018).

New instruction 21.17 (Compounding aFelony) instructs upon the

crime ofcompounding a felony, as enacted in section 843.14, Florida

Statutes (2018). Instruction 21.17 sets forth the elements ofthe crime

that the State must provebeyond a reasonable doubt, and provides that

the court should define the felony alleged. Additionally, a paragraph

is added to the comment section that states "§ 843.14, Fla. Stat. links

the degree ofthe felony that was concealed to the degree ofthe crime

that the defendant committed." Theparagraph also states, "Although

there is no caselaw directly on point, the Committee on Standard Jury

Instructions in Criminal Cases relied on the logic in Bowen v. State,

791 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) to conclude that the State must

specify the felony that the defendant knew about and concealed."

The existing and new criminaljury instructions, as set forth in the

appendix to this opinion, are hereby authorized for publication and

use.' New language is indicated by underlining and deleted language is indicated by struck-through type. In authorizing thepublication and

use of these instructions, we express no opinion on their correctness

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 comments associated with the instructions

reflect only the opinion of the Committee and are not necessarily

indicative ofthe views ofthis Court as to their correctness or applica

bility. The instructions as set forth in the appendix shall be effective

when this opinion becomes final.

It is so ordered. (CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS,

QUINCE, POLSTON, LABARGA, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.)