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Fla. Stat. § 900.03 (2025)
Courts vested with criminal jurisdiction; process.
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900.03 Courts vested with criminal jurisdiction; process.—
(1) Original jurisdiction in criminal cases is vested in the circuit courts and county courts.
(2) Courts having criminal jurisdiction may issue writs and process necessary to the exercise of the criminal jurisdiction and the writs and process shall have effect through the state.
History.—RS 2792, 2793; GS 3842, 3843; RGS 5937, 5938; CGL 8203, 8204; s. 10, ch. 65-483; s. 2, ch. 70-339; s. 34, ch. 73-334.
Note.—Former ss. 932.01, 932.02.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Davis v. State, 928 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).
Davis v. State, 928 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “§ 900.03(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). Nor was appellate counsel ineffective for failing to raise lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the circuit court clearly had subject matter jurisdiction to prosecute this case.”
State v. Woods, 400 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 1981). “Further, the county court has the power to issue a writ of error coram nobis by virtue of its criminal jurisdiction, article V, section 7, Florida Constitution (1976), and pursuant to section 900.”
United States v. Gabriel Cortes, 427 F. App'x 803 (11th Cir. 2011). “See Fla. Stat. § 900.03 . Under Florida’s Juvenile Justice Act, adjudications of law violations by children under the age of 18 occur in the juvenile court (i.”
Pedro Jose Moreno Hernandez v. State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2025). “Further, section 900.03 of the Florida Statutes, a general law, provides that “Courts having criminal jurisdiction may issue writs .”
Gomez v. Koffinas (M.D. Fla. 2025). “§ 900.03 (1). And a broad reading of the statute could lead to anomalous results.”
— 900.03(2) — 2 cases
Davis v. State, 928 So. 2d 442 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “§ 900.03(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). Nor was appellate counsel ineffective for failing to raise lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the circuit court clearly had subject matter jurisdiction to prosecute this case.”
Pedro Jose Moreno Hernandez v. State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2025). “Further, section 900.03 of the Florida Statutes, a general law, provides that “Courts having criminal jurisdiction may issue writs .”
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