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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 27.70127.701 Capital collateral regional counsel.—There are created three regional offices of capital collateral counsel, which shall be located in a northern, middle, and southern region of the state. The northern region shall consist of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Judicial Circuits; the middle region shall consist of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Eighteenth Judicial Circuits; and the southern region shall consist of the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Judicial Circuits. Each regional office shall be administered by a regional counsel. A regional counsel must be, and must have been for the preceding 5 years, a member in good standing of The Florida Bar or a similar organization in another state. Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be appointed by the Governor, and is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission shall recommend to the Governor three qualified candidates for each appointment as regional counsel. The Governor shall appoint a regional counsel for each region from among the recommendations, or, if it is in the best interest of the fair administration of justice in capital cases, the Governor may reject the nominations and request submission of three new nominees by the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be appointed to a term of 3 years. Vacancies in the office of capital collateral regional counsel shall be filled in the same manner as appointments. A person appointed as a regional counsel may not run for or accept appointment to any state office for 2 years following vacation of office.History.—s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 145, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 97-313; s. 84, ch. 2003-399; s. 1, ch. 2004-240; ss. 63, 76, ch. 2004-269; s. 3, ch. 2013-216.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 27.701
Total Results: 14
750 F.3d 1198, 2014 WL 1623735, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7704
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 24, 2014 | Docket: 290679
Cited 81 times | Published
ssessments/ florida.html; see also Fla. Stat. § 27.701. Each CCRC office is responsible for representing
775 F.2d 1433, 54 U.S.L.W. 2291
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 12, 1985 | Docket: 503567
Cited 45 times | Published
Serv. 451 (West) (to be codified at Fla.Stat.Ann. § 27.701-08). But all good ideas are not constitutionally
141 So. 3d 529, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 421, 2014 WL 2609154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1887
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2014 | Docket: 58814
Cited 28 times | Published
individual attorneys maintained under this section”); § 27.701, Fla. Stat. (2013) (“[tjhere are created three
941 F. Supp. 1129, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11432, 1996 WL 447194
District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1996 | Docket: 2506956
Cited 21 times | Published
remaining arguments.
[26] Florida Statutes Section 27.701 provides that the principal office of CCR "shall
829 F.2d 1513
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 17, 1987 | Docket: 977291
Cited 17 times | Published
statute effective June 24, 1985. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 27.701 (West Supp.1987). The capital collateral representative
921 So. 2d 598, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 53, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 35, 2006 WL 176748
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 2006 | Docket: 1756002
Cited 6 times | Published
See ch.2004-240, § 1, Laws of Fla. (codified in § 27.701(2), Laws of Fla. (2005)). The performance review
1 So. 3d 1179, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2229, 2009 WL 211089
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 30, 2009 | Docket: 1175675
Cited 5 times | Published
is created by an entirely different statute, section 27.701, Florida Statutes *1183 (2008). The Capital
56 So. 3d 868, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3211, 2011 WL 831135
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 10, 2011 | Docket: 60298681
Cited 1 times | Published
2003-399, § 84, at 3619-20, Laws of Fla., codified at § 27.701(2), Fla. Stat. (2009), a lawyer in private practice
5 So. 3d 659, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 269, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 391, 2009 WL 617793
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 12, 2009 | Docket: 1663270
Cited 1 times | Published
specific provision the Legislature made in section 27.701(2) for “the responsibilities of the regional
945 So. 2d 1124, 2006 WL 3511520
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 7, 2006 | Docket: 1401163
Cited 1 times | Published
Committee proposed the amendment in response to section 27.701(2), Florida Statutes (2005) (providing that
133 F.3d 783, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 35100
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 15, 1997 | Docket: 211848
Cited 1 times | Published
its “opt-in” status.
E.g.,
Fla. Stat. § 27.701 (establishing three independent Capital Collateral
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 24, 2014 | Docket: 244557
Published
assessments/florida.html; see also Fla. Stat.
§ 27.701. Each CCRC office is responsible for representing
133 F.3d 783
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 15, 1997 | Docket: 422126
Published
impact its “opt-in” status. E.g., Fla. Stat.
§ 27.701 (establishing three independent Capital Collateral
Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jun 8, 1988 | Docket: 3258043
Published
General
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1 Executive Order No. 88-71.
2 Section 27.701, F.S.
3 Section 27.702, F.S.
4 See, s. 119
