The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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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Amendments to 27.701

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 27.701

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 27.701.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

P. ABDOOL, v. BONDI,, 141 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2014)

. . . See §§ 27.40, 27.511, 27.701, Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . representation shall be selected from a registry of individual attorneys maintained under this section”); § 27.701 . . . See §§ 27.40(3)(a), 27.511(3)(a), 27.701, Fla. Stat. (2013). . . .

LUGO, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 750 F.3d 1198 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . . § 27.701. . . .

MELTON, v. STATE, 56 So. 3d 868 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . .; Ch. 2003-399, § 84, at 3619-20, Laws of Fla., codified at § 27.701(2), Fla. . . .

COX, v. STATE, 5 So. 3d 659 (Fla. 2009)

. . . in section 27.71 l(l)(c) is also evident from the specific provision the Legislature made in section 27.701 . . . the responsibilities of the regional office of capital collateral counsel” as contemplated by section 27.701 . . .

DEEN, v. WILSON, R., 1 So. 3d 1179 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . However, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel is created by an entirely different statute, section 27.701 . . .

C. DOWNS, v. A. McNEIL,, 520 F.3d 1311 (11th Cir. 2008)

. . . . §§ 27.701-708). In 1992, CCRC attorneys in Tallahassee, Florida began representing Downs. . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND, 945 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. 2006)

. . . The Committee proposed the amendment in response to section 27.701(2), Florida Statutes (2005) (providing . . .

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, v. D. FREEMAN,, 921 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 2006)

. . . (codified in § 27.701(2), Laws of Fla. (2005)). . . .

SANCHEZ- VELASCO, v. SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 287 F.3d 1015 (11th Cir. 2002)

. . . . §§ 27.701-27.708 (1990), and Todd Scher is the litigation director of that organization’s South Florida . . .

E. HILL, v. A. BUTTERWORTH, K., 133 F.3d 783 (11th Cir. 1997)

. . . . § 27.701 (establishing three independent Capital Collateral Regional Counsels (CCRCs) instead of one . . .

HILL, v. BUTTERWORTH, K., 941 F. Supp. 1129 (N.D. Fla. 1996)

. . . . §' 27.701. . . . The head of CCR is appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, for a 4-year term. § 27.701 . . . required by statute to have a Tallahassee office, it is also authorized to establish branch offices. § 27.701 . . . Florida Statutes Section 27.701 provides that the principal office of CCR "shall be located in Tallahassee . . .

DAVIS, v. L. DUGGER, A., 829 F.2d 1513 (11th Cir. 1987)

. . . . § 27.701 (West Supp.1987). . . .

HOOKS, v. L. WAINWRIGHT, HOOKS, v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 775 F.2d 1433 (11th Cir. 1985)

. . . . § 27.701-08). But all good ideas are not constitutionally required. . . .