Florida Statute 902.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 902
PRELIMINARY HEARINGS

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902.21 Commitment to jail in another county.—If a person is committed in a county where there is no jail, the committing trial court judge shall direct the sheriff to deliver the accused to a jail in another county.

History.—s. 7, ch. 6213, 1911; RS 2879; GS 3938; RGS 6039; CGL 8340; s. 20, ch. 70-339; s. 29, ch. 2004-11.

Note.—Former s. 932.39.

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Cases Citing Statute 902.21

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State v. Gustafson, 258 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1972).

Cited 35 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...We reject these reversionary views as contrary to the entire body of established law which has been built up in this area and which permits proper incidental search that reasonably ensues after a legal arrest, in accordance with the foregoing authorities which we have set forth and in accordance with our Fla. Stat. § 902.21, F.S.A....

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State v. Foust, 262 So. 2d 686 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

..."[3] We reject these reversionary views as contrary to the entire body of established law which has been built up in this area and which permits proper incidental search that reasonably ensues after a legal arrest, in accordance with the foregoing authorities which we have set forth and in accordance with our Fla. Stat. § 902.21, F.S.A....

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Mink v. Genmar Indus., Inc., 29 F.3d 1543 (11th Cir. 1994).

Cited 3 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 A.M.C. 36, 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 23674, 1994 WL 424308

to include the operator of a vessel. 33 U.S.C. § 902(21). In concluding that the injured shipfitter was

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Hayes v. Wilh Wilhelmsen Enter. Ltd., 818 F.2d 1557 (11th Cir. 1987).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1988 A.M.C. 259, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7507

owner as well as the time charterer. 33 U.S.C. § 902(21); see also Mallard v. Aluminum Co. of Canada,

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Misener Marine Constr. Co. v. Southport Marine, Inc., 377 So. 2d 757 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15919

901, et seq. (Supp. II, 1972). . 33 U.S.C., section 902(21). . 33 U.S.C., section 905(b). . In Griffith

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Hayes v. Wilh Wilhelmsen Enter., Ltd., 622 F. Supp. 1554 (M.D. Fla. 1985).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1986 A.M.C. 1259, 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13058

vessel’s owner as well as the charterer. 33 U.S.C. § 902(21)(1978); see also Mallard v. Aluminum Co. of Canada

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1991).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...tutory requirement that the county jail be maintained at the county seat. There is no indication that the Legislature sought to modify or remove the responsibility of the board of county commissioners to provide for county prisoners. 2 You note that section 902.21 , Florida Statutes, provides that if a person is committed in a county where there is no jail, the committing magistrate shall direct the sheriff to deliver the accused to a jail in another county. Section 902.21 , Florida Statutes, however, has been in existence in one form or another since 1828....

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