Opinion ID: 1706325
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Whether the circuit court committed reversible error in granting only one of Dampier's proposed jury instructions.

Text: ¶ 36. The circuit court refused all of Dampier's proposed instructions, except for Instruction D-1, regarding Dampier's constitutional right not to testify. Dampier now contends that the circuit court erred in denying ten of the eleven jury instructions he offered, adding that Instructions D-4 and D-6 were among the refused instructions, despite being model jury instructions. In response, the State maintains that this issue is so meritless as to be frivolous. If a defendant submits twenty jury instructions which are fairly covered elsewhere, without foundation in the evidence, or incorrect statements of law, then all twenty instructions will be properly refused. [29] ¶ 37. Preliminarily, this Court finds this issue procedurally barred as Dampier fails to cite any authority in support of his argument. See Glasper, 914 So.2d at 726. Procedural bar notwithstanding, this Court concludes that because the granted instructions taken as a whole fairly, but not necessarily perfectly, announce the applicable rules of law, no error results. Milano, 790 So.2d at 184. Accordingly, this issue is without merit.