Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 871.02 (2025)

Indictments or informations for disturbing assembly.

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871.02 Indictments or informations for disturbing assembly.The several grand juries of this state in their respective counties may return indictments or the several state attorneys of the state in their respective circuits may file information against all persons violating s. 871.01, and such indictments or informations, when filed with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where such offense is alleged to have been committed, shall be forthwith certified by the clerk to some court in the county having jurisdiction to try and determine such charge, and said court to which such indictment or information is certified shall proceed to try and determine such charge upon such indictment or information, the same as if affidavit had been made before such court charging the said offense.
History.ss. 2, 3, ch. 5719, 1907; RGS 5449; CGL 7592; s. 1404, ch. 97-102; s. 2, ch. 2006-264.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: In Re Stand. Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases No. 2007-03, 976 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. 2008).
In Re Stand. Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases No. 2007-03, 976 So. 2d 1081 (Fla. 2008). “To commit an offense under § 871.02 a person must have deliberately acted to create a disturbance.”
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