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Fla. Stat. § 27.50 (2025)
Public defender; qualifications; election.
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27.50 Public defender; qualifications; election.—For each judicial circuit, there shall be a public defender who shall be, and shall have been for the preceding 5 years, a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. The public defender shall be elected at the general election, for a term of 4 years, by the qualified electors of the judicial circuit. The public defender shall be an elector of the state and shall reside within the territorial jurisdiction of the judicial circuit in which he or she serves.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases, 1963–2014 · leading case: Schreiber v. Rowe, 814 So. 2d 396 (Fla. 2002).
Schreiber v. Rowe, 814 So. 2d 396 (Fla. 2002). “§ 27.50, Fla. Stat. (1963). [3] The constitutional revision was very similar to section 27.”
Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507 (1980). “5, § 18; Fla. Stat. § 27.50 (1979). [20] The Court's description of the policymaking functions of a public defender's office suggests that the public defender may no longer be chosen by the County Legislature on a partisan basis.”
Crist v. Fl. Ass'n of Crim. Def. Lawyers, 978 So. 2d 134 (Fla. 2008). “(enacting section 27.50, Florida Statutes (1963), which created the Office of the Public Defender).”
Johnson v. State, 78 So. 3d 1305 (Fla. 2012). “(enacting section 27.50, Florida Statutes (1963), which created the Office of the Public Defender).”
Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc., 141 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2014). “(enacting section 27.50, Florida Statutes (1963), which created the Office of the Public Defender).”
Huckelbury v. State, 337 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). “Fla. Stat. §§ 27.50 , et seq. Appropriately the Public Defender was appointed to represent Huckelbury.”
Pub. Def., Eleventh Jud. Circuit of Florida v. State, 115 So. 3d 261 (Fla. 2013). “The Legislature subsequently approved a proposal to amend the Florida Constitution and elevate the Office of the Public Defender to the level of a constitutional officer, which was approved by the electorate and adopted in 1972.”
Keur v. State, 160 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). “[5] Chapter 63-409, Laws of Florida 1963, F.S.A. § 27.50 et seq. Accord: Rolle v. State, 1934, 115 Fla.”
Vitiello v. State, 167 So. 2d 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964). “§§ 27.50-27.58, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. The courts have earnestly sought to carry forward this purpose and to require a full compliance with the requirement that every person accused of a crime shall have a full opportunity to secure counsel of his own choice or, if that is not…”
Gardner v. Luckey, 500 F.2d 712 (5th Cir. 1974). “See Fla. Stat.Ann. § 27.50 et seq. We regard this as too speculative.”
Colbath v. Adams, 184 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 1966). “Section 27.50, F.S.A. Thereafter in 1964 Clayton Nance qualified and was unopposed for election to the office for a four-year term beginning on January 5, 1965, which was the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, but on December 1, 1964, less than a month after his…”
Bashlor v. Wainwright, 189 So. 2d 800 (Fla. 1966). “In non-capital felony cases under our new public defender system provided by F. S. §§ 27.50-27.58, F.S.A., I am advised that the appeal procedure usually followed is that the public defender files notice of appeal within the time provided by law if he deems it appropriate or if…”
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