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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 837
PERJURY
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F.S. 837.07
837.07 Recantation as a defense.Recantation shall be a defense to any prosecution for perjury or false statement only if the person making the false statement admits such statement to be false in the same continuous proceeding or matter, and:
(1) The false statement has not substantially affected the proceeding; or
(2) Such admission is made before it has become manifest that such false statement has been or will be exposed.
History.s. 1, ch. 90-126.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 837.07
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 837.07.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. MARK MARKS, P. A., 833 So. 2d 249 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . principals in the perjury of another are entitled to the benefits of the defense contained at section 837.07 . . . In 1990, the legislature passed section 837.07, which provided for recantation as a defense to perjury . . . Section 837.07 makes the defense applicable to “any” prosecution for perjury. . . . If anything, section 837.07 is an expansion of the common law defense. . . . .” § 837.07(1), (2). . . .

ADAMS, v. STATE, 727 So. 2d 983 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . In 1990, ten years after the Carter decision, the Legislature enacted section 837.07, which provides: . . . 837.07. . . . admission is made before it has become manifest that such false statement has been or will be exposed. § 837.07 . . .

STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS- CRIMINAL CASES NO., 603 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 1992)

. . . See F.S. 837.07; Carter v. State, 384 So.2d 1255 (Fla.1980). . . . “F.S. 837.07” is added to the note. . . .

W. La v., 90 T.C. 465 (T.C. 1988)

. . . 1969 882.37 1970 788.82 1971 24,561.70 1014-81, Robert and Ellise Schiffer 1968 1,339.42 21096-81 1969 837.07 . . .