Florida Statute 27.7091 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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F.S. 27.7091

27.7091 Legislative recommendations to Supreme Court; postconviction proceedings; pro bono service credit.—In the interest of promoting justice and integrity with respect to capital collateral representation, the Legislature recommends that the Supreme Court:

(1) Adopt by rule the provisions of s. 924.055, which limit the time for postconviction proceedings in capital cases.

(2) Award pro bono service credit for time spent by an attorney in providing legal representation to an individual sentenced to death in this state, regardless of whether the attorney receives compensation for such representation.

History.—s. 12, ch. 97-313.

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Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure—Capital Postconviction Public Records Production

708 So. 2d 913, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 37, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 5, 1998 WL 19211

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 15, 1998 | Docket: 64780011

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section 924,055, Florida Statutes (1997). In section 27.7091, Florida Statutes (1997), the legislature requested