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. 27.708

27.708 Access to prisoners; compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure; records requests.—

(1) Each capital collateral regional counsel and his or her assistants may inquire of all persons sentenced to death who are incarcerated and tender them advice and counsel at any reasonable time, but this section does not apply with respect to persons who are represented by other counsel.

(2) The capital collateral regional counsel and contracted private counsel must timely comply with all provisions of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure governing collateral review of capital cases.

(3) Except as provided in s. 27.7081, the capital collateral regional counsel or contracted private counsel shall not make any public records request on behalf of his or her client.

History.—s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 151, ch. 95-147; s. 8, ch. 97-313; s. 3, ch. 98-198; s. 40, ch. 2005-251.

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Amendments to 27.708

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 27.708

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 27.708.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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 . . .

STATE A. BUTTERWORTH, v. KENNY,, 714 So. 2d 404 (Fla. 1998)

. . . providing: It is the intent of the Legislature to create part IV of this chapter, consisting of ss. 27.7001-27.708 . . .

PORTER, v. STATE, 700 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 1997)

. . . Appellant is represented by the Capital Collateral Representative (CCR) pursuant to sections 27.7001-27.708 . . . — It is the intent of the Legislature to create part IV of this chapter, consisting of ss. 27.7001-27.708 . . .

COOKE, Jr. a k a v. K. SINGLETARY,, 870 F. Supp. 1036 (S.D. Fla. 1994)

. . . . §§ 27.7001-27.708. . . .

DUROCHER, v. K. SINGLETARY,, 623 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1993)

. . . Codified as sections 27.7001 through 27.708, Florida Statutes (1991). . . . .