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Fla. Stat. § 905.06 (2025)

How challenge made and tried.

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905.06 How challenge made and tried.Challenges to an individual grand juror or to the panel shall be tried by the court. A challenge to an individual grand juror may be oral, but a challenge to the panel shall be in writing.
History.s. 85, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(85); s. 45, ch. 70-339.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1984 · leading case: Seay v. State, 286 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 1973).
Seay v. State, 286 So. 2d 532 (Fla. 1973). “§§ 905.06 and 905.07. A timely ruling upon challenges to the grand jury is essential to the efficient dispatch of the business of the grand jury without delay and to the prompt disposition of the cases and matters before it, assuring fair and speedy trials of those indicted and…”
Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. v. Doe, 460 So. 2d 406 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). “To conclude otherwise would permit the public and the press to attend every aspect of a grand jury proceeding when the judge happens to be present, such as when: the court is called upon to hear a challenge of an individual grand juror or the entire grand jury panel, Section…”
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