Case Name: Betty REESE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-07-11
Citations: 476 So. 2d 129
Docket Number: No. 65633
Parties: Betty REESE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: BOYD, C.J., and McDONALD and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 476
Pages: 129–130

Head Matter:
Betty REESE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 65633.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 11, 1985.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender and Anthony Calvello and Robert E. Adler, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Russell S. Bohn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
ADKINS Justice.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal certified to this Court the following question:
If the state has the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant was sane at the time of the offense when the defense of insanity has been raised, is the giving of the present insanity instruction, as set forth in standard jury instruction 3.04(b), along with the general reasonable doubt instruction sufficient, notwithstanding the defendant having specifically requested the court to instruct the jury that the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was sane at the time of the offense?
Reese v. State, 452 So.2d 1079 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). We have answered this question in Yohn v. State, 476 So.2d 123 (Fla.1985). Therefore, on its authority, we quash the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in this case and remand with instructions to further remand to the trial court for new trial.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and McDONALD and SHAW, JJ., concur.
ALDERMAN, J., dissents with an opinion, in which EHRLICH, J., concurs.
OVERTON, J., dissents.