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Fla. Stat. § 901.17 (2025)
Method of arrest by officer without warrant.
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901.17 Method of arrest by officer without warrant.—A peace officer making an arrest without a warrant shall inform the person to be arrested of the officer’s authority and the cause of arrest except when the person flees or forcibly resists before the officer has an opportunity to inform the person or when giving the information will imperil the arrest.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1943–2025 · leading case: Johnson v. State, 660 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1995).
Johnson v. State, 660 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1995). “amend. IV. As his second issue, Johnson argues that his confessions should have been suppressed for a variety of reasons.”
Kirksey v. State, 433 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “17, Florida Statutes (1979) which directs that a peace officer making a warrantless arrest shall inform the person to be arrested of his authority and the cause of arrest except when the person flees or forcibly resists before the officer has an opportunity to inform him or when…”
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm'n v. Jeffrey, 178 So. 3d 460 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). “4 However, before the court memorialized its ruling in a written order, Respondent filed a motion for reconsideration in which he argued that summary judgment should be denied because there was a factual dispute as to whether Officer Johnson identified himself as a law…”
Lewis v. State, 572 So. 2d 908 (Fla. 1990). “He asserts a violation of section 901.17, Florida Statutes (1987). [5] An arresting officer disputed appellant's assertion and testified that appellant was immediately informed of the cause of his arrest, and both sides agree appellant was informed within thirty minutes.”
Jones v. State, 640 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). “[2] The facts establish that the defendant ran from the detective after being told to put his hands on the car, thus preventing the detective from complying with section 901.”
Flowers v. State, 12 So. 2d 772 (Fla. 1943). “1941, directs the arresting officer, without warrant, to inform the person to be arrested of his (officer’s) authority, together with the cause of the arrest, except when the person to be arrested is engaged in the commission of an offense or is pursued' in the commission of an…”
City of Miami v. Nelson, 186 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966). “Furthermore, while § 901.17 Fla. Stat., F.S.A. requires that an officer effecting an arrest without a warrant inform the person to be arrested of his authority and the cause of the arrest, the fact that the person to be arrested is not informed of the cause of the arrest until…”
State v. Mitchell, 245 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 1971). “" [12] "Only a physician, registered nurse, or duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory technician, acting at the request of a peace officer, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content therein.”
Albury v. State, 910 So. 2d 930 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). “” Section 901.17, Florida Statutes (2003), entitled, “Method of arrest by officer without warrant,” provides: A peace officer making an arrest without a warrant shall inform the person to be arrested of the officer’s authority and the cause of the arrest except when the person…”
State v. Perez, 277 So. 2d 778 (Fla. 1973). “" and Section 901.17 provides, "Method of arrest by officer without warrant.”
City of St. Petersburg v. Waller, 261 So. 2d 151 (Fla. 1972). “Florida Statutes § 901.17, F.S.A. provides that a person arrested be informed of the cause of his arrest "unless the person to be arrested is then engaged in the commission of an offense.”
State v. Sanchez, 465 So. 2d 1299 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “See § 901.17, Fla.Stat. (1983); see also Melton v.”
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