Florida Statute 27.701 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.701

27.701 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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Cases Citing Statute 27.701

Total Results: 9

Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-06-12

Citation: 141 So. 3d 529, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 421, 2014 WL 2609154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1887

Snippet: counsel appointment system. See §§ 27.40, 27.511, 27.701, Fla. Stat. (2013). The Legislature also has delineated

Melton v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-03-10

Citation: 56 So. 3d 868, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3211, 2011 WL 831135

Snippet: § 84, at 3619-20, Laws of Fla., codified at § 27.701(2), Fla. Stat. (2009), a lawyer in private practice

Cox v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-03-12

Citation: 5 So. 3d 659, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 269, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 391, 2009 WL 617793

Snippet: specific provision the Legislature made in section 27.701(2) for “the responsibilities of the regional office

Deen v. Wilson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-30

Citation: 1 So. 3d 1179, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2229, 2009 WL 211089

Snippet: created by an entirely different statute, section 27.701, Florida Statutes *1183 (2008). The Capital Collateral

Amendments to Crim. Proc. 3.851 and 3.590

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-12-07

Citation: 945 So. 2d 1124, 2006 WL 3511520

Snippet: Committee proposed the amendment in response to section 27.701(2), Florida Statutes (2005) (providing that "the

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2006-04-25

Snippet: 2d 10, 12-13 (Fla. 1986). 14 See ss. 27.7001 and 27.701, Fla. Stat. 15 See s. 27.51, Fla. Stat., prescribing

FLORIDA DEPT. OF FINANCIAL SERV. v. Freeman

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-01-26

Citation: 921 So. 2d 598, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 53, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 35, 2006 WL 176748

Snippet: See ch.2004-240, § 1, Laws of Fla. (codified in § 27.701(2), Laws of Fla. (2005)). The performance review

Zucker v. Zucker

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-01-03

Citation: 774 So. 2d 890, 2001 WL 6183

Snippet: that in 1997 appellant's net monthly income was $27,701. He also testified that appellee's needs, which

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1988-06-08

Snippet: General (gh) 1 Executive Order No. 88-71. 2 Section 27.701, F.S. 3 Section 27.702, F.S. 4 See, s. 119.01(1)