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Fla. Stat. § 839.16 (2025)

Fraud of clerk in drawing jury.

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839.16 Fraud of clerk in drawing jury.—If the clerk of any court shall be guilty of any fraud, either by practicing on a jury box previous to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in returning into the box any juror which had been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in her or his stead, or in any other way in the drawing of jurors, the clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.
History.—s. 30, ch. 1628, 1868; RS 2575; GS 3491; RGS 5371; CGL 7505; s. 1026, ch. 71-136; s. 1326, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 839.16

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§839.16FRAUDBY CLERK OF COURT IN DRAWING JURYM · 2nd

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