Florida Statute 27.3 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.03

27.03 Duties before grand jury.—Whenever required by the grand jury, the state attorney shall attend them for the purpose of examining witnesses in their presence, or of giving legal advice in any matter before them; and he or she shall prepare bills of indictment.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1661, 1868; RS 1345; GS 1780; RGS 3006; CGL 4740; s. 117, ch. 95-147.

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Cases Citing Statute 27.03

Total Results: 14

State v. King

426 So. 2d 12

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 22, 1982 | Docket: 788

Cited 59 times | Published

attorney shall prepare grand jury indictments. § 27.03, Fla. Stat. (1979). He signed the indictment in

State Ex Rel. Martin v. Michell

188 So. 2d 684

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 13, 1966 | Docket: 1490528

Cited 42 times | Published

Constitution of Florida. [5] F.S.A. § 27.02. [6] F.S.A. § 27.03. [7] F.S.A. § 932.17. [8] Section 10, Declaration

State v. Ruiz

526 So. 2d 170, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1338

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 31, 1988 | Docket: 377837

Cited 11 times | Published

Ringel, Searches & Seizures, Arrests and Confessions § 27.3(a)(3), at 27-19 n. 55 (1987). This rule is even

State v. Famiglietti

817 So. 2d 901, 2002 WL 879409

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 8, 2002 | Docket: 1430195

Cited 9 times | Published

proper administration of justice"); W. VA. CODE § 27-3-1(b)(3)(2001)("(b) Confidential information may

Schneider v. Currey

584 So. 2d 86, 1991 WL 136876

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 24, 1991 | Docket: 466835

Cited 5 times | Published

informal actions to collect." Norton Bankr.L & Prac § 27.03 (1982). An exception to the injunctive prohibition

Baxter v. State

127 So. 3d 726, 2013 WL 6171262, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18793

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 26, 2013 | Docket: 60236842

Cited 2 times | Published

Philip J. Padovano, Florida Appellate Practice § 27:3, & n. 1 (2011 ed.) (“A fundamental error in a criminal

Worth Johnson v. Protective Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 1, 2024 | Docket: 68002070

Published

Argued: Nov 13, 2023

in the future. 5 5 Johnson, quoting § 27.3(b) of Bryan Garner’s The Redbook, argues that

Andrew H. Warren v. Ron DeSantis

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 11, 2024 | Docket: 66813441

Published

Argued: May 2, 2023

grand juries, whenever re- quired. Id. § 27.03. It mandates that they “represent the state in

Andrew H. Warren v. Ron DeSantis

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 10, 2024 | Docket: 66813441

Published

Argued: May 2, 2023

grand juries, whenever re- quired. Id. § 27.03. It mandates that they “represent the state in

United States v. Erickson Meko Cambell

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 14, 2020 | Docket: 17446481

Published

appeal. Wayne R. La Fave et al., Criminal Procedure § 27.3(b) (4th ed. 2015) (noting that the Government can

Roger N. Rosier v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 2019 | Docket: 15855446

Published

Philip J. Padovano, § 27:3. Fundamental Error, 2 Fla. Prac., Appellate Practice § 27:3 (2018 ed.) (citing

Crudele v. Accent Realty of Jacksonville, Inc.

541 So. 2d 742, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 901, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1832, 1989 WL 33985

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 11, 1989 | Docket: 64641602

Published

Trawick, Trawick’s Florida Practice and Procedure § 27-3, at 411-12 (1988). The reform suggested by Trawick

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 10, 1976 | Docket: 3258760

Published

attorney's office are outlined in Ch. 27, F. S. Section 27.03 requires the state attorney, at the request

American Federation of Musicians, Local 806 v. City of West Palm Beach

179 So. 2d 134, 60 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2209, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3735

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1965 | Docket: 64494343

Published

and collect a license tax against Local 806. Section 27.3 of the occupational license chapter of the defendant