¶1This case fits squarely within our holding in Jones v. State, 656 So.2d 489 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), which controls the outcome here. In Jones, as here, the trial court gave extemporaneous instructions to the jury that denigrate the reasonable doubt standard. We held in Jonesthat it was fundamental error to instruct a jury that it could convict on a lesser standard of proof. Accordingly, as we did in Jones, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
674 So. 2d 746
Poole v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 24, 1996
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1996-01-24
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1996
2 state decisions
Relies on Jones v. State
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Decided 1996-01-24
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