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Fla. Stat. § 27.7001 (2025)
Legislative intent and findings.
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27.7001 Legislative intent and findings.—It is the intent of the Legislature to create part IV of this chapter, consisting of ss. 27.7001-27.711, inclusive, to provide for the collateral representation of any person convicted and sentenced to death in this state, so that collateral legal proceedings to challenge any Florida capital conviction and sentence may be commenced in a timely manner and so as to assure the people of this state that the judgments of its courts may be regarded with the finality to which they are entitled in the interests of justice. It is the further intent of the Legislature that collateral representation shall not include representation during retrials, resentencings, proceedings commenced under chapter 940, or civil litigation.
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cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Darling v. State, 45 So. 3d 444 (Fla. 2010).
Darling v. State, 45 So. 3d 444 (Fla. 2010). “" Section 27.7001, Florida Statutes, provides that such "collateral representation shall not include representation during retrials, resentencings, proceedings commenced under chapter 940, or civil litigation.”
Hill v. Butterworth, 941 F. Supp. 1129 (N.D. Fla. 1996). “” Fla.Stat. § 27.7001 (1996) (emphasis added).”
Daniel Lugo v. Sec'y, Florida Dep't of Corr., 750 F.3d 1198 (11th Cir. 2014). “2 See Fla. Stat. § 27.7001 , et seq. (creating and structuring Florida’s system for providing representation to indigent capital defendants in collateral proceedings).”
State Ex Rel. Butterworth v. Kenny, 714 So. 2d 404 (Fla. 1998). “fendants in postconviction relief proceedings, the Florida legislature has made a choice, "based on difficult policy considerations and the allocation of scare legal resources," to limit the representation of CCRC by (1) prohibiting that representation from extending to…”
State v. Kilgore, 976 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 2007). “§ 27.7001, Fla. Stat. (2002) (emphasis added).”
Durocher v. Singletary, 623 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1993). “§ 27.7001, Fla. Stat. (1991). To that end, section 27.”
Olive v. Maas, 811 So. 2d 644 (Fla. 2002). “ndants in postconviction relief proceedings, the Florida legislature has made a choice, "based on difficult policy considerations and the allocation of scarce legal resources," to limit the representation of CCRC by (1) prohibiting that representation from extending to…”
Orange Cnty. v. Williams, 702 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 1997). “" § 27.7001, Fla. Stat. (1995). The legislature recently amended this provision to express the intent that collateral representation be provided to "any person convicted and sentenced to death in this state.”
Roberts v. Butterworth, 668 So. 2d 580 (Fla. 1996). “Section 27.7001, Florida Statutes (1995), provides that it is the intent of the legislature that all indigent death-sentenced persons be represented by CCR in collateral legal proceedings.”
Cox v. State, 5 So. 3d 659 (Fla. 2009). “" In turn, section 27.7001, Florida Statutes (2008), provides that such "collateral representation shall not include representation during retrials, resentencings, proceedings commenced under chapter 940 [i.”
In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Crim. Proc., 820 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 2002). “[3] See § 27.7001, Fla. Stat. (2000) (stating intent of Legislature to provide for the collateral representation of any person convicted and sentenced to death).”
Porter v. State, 700 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 1997). “We rule on this motion by this opinion to express our conclusion that payment of all postconviction costs out of CCR's budget is not only statutorily required but is necessary to carry out the legislative intent expressed in section 27.7001, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1996).”
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