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Fla. Stat. § 905.21 (2025)
When grand jury of another county may indict in other cases.
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905.21 When grand jury of another county may indict in other cases.—When an offense has been committed in a county and the circuit court has determined that conditions in that county make it impractical to convene a grand jury, any grand jury within the circuit or in any circuit to which the judge of the circuit court refers the matter may inquire into the offense. If an indictment is returned, it shall be certified and transferred for trial to the county where the offense was committed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1972–1982 · leading case: Sands v. State, 414 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).
Sands v. State, 414 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). “Two requirements must necessarily be met before this exception is applicable in a given case: (1) the arrest of the said person must be lawful, and (2) the search must be properly incident to effecting that arrest. We turn now to a brief discussion of each of these two…”
State v. Ramos, 378 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979). “2d 685 (1969); § 905.21, Fla. Stat. (1977). Indeed, such a scope of search is essential for the police to perfect the arrest and prevent the destruction of evidence by the arrestee.”
McCall v. Askew, 262 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 2d DCA 1972). “Fla.Stat. 905.21, F.S.A., reads in pertinent part: “When an offense has been committed in a county and the circuit court has determined that conditions in that county make it impractical to convene a grand jury, any grand jury within the circuit or in any circuit to which the…”
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