Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ore counties; that its jurisdiction is statutorily limited to multi-county criminal activity; that the indictment charged offenses occurring in Seminole County only and showed no connection of the charged offenses with activities in a second county. Section 905.32, Florida Statutes (1975), explains the legislative intent for the enactment of the Statewide Grand Jury act as follows: "It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the abili...

...NOTES [1] By this decision, we do not purport to determine what activity is necessary to make the crime charged inter-county so as to fall within the jurisdiction of the statewide grand jury. We do point out, however, that the legislative intent enunciated in § 905.32, Fla....

...(The Statewide Grand Jury was created in 1973 to "strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the ability of the State to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity by improving the evidence gathering process in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county." Section 905.32, Florida Statutes.) THE GRAND JURY AS AN ACCUSING AND INVESTIGATIVE BODY Our constitution provides that no person shall be brought to trial for a capital crime except upon indictment of a grand jury....

...his act to strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the ability of the state to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity by improving the evidence-gathering process in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county. § 905.32, Fla....

...County, Florida. The named appellees filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, alleging as one ground that the Grand Jury was without jurisdiction to indict them for the offenses alleged. In support of their motion to dismiss, appellees relied upon Section 905.32, Florida Statutes (1973), entitled "Legislative intent." This particular section construes the Statewide Grand Jury Act and provides that: *876 "It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to strengthen the grand jury syst...

...it is empowered to investigate it can indict for such offense whether or not it finds sufficient probable cause to believe a particular offense had any multicounty relationship. Any other interpretation would frustrate the intent of the legislation. Section 905.32, Florida Statutes, states that it was the intent of the legislature in enacting this act to strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the state's ability to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity. Section 905.32, Florida Statutes....

...1973 to "strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the ability of the State to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity by improving the evidence gathering process in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county." Section 905.32, Florida Statutes.) THE GRAND JURY AS AN ACCUSING AND INVESTIGATING BODY Our constitution provides that no person shall be brought to trial for a capital crime except upon indictment of a grand jury....

...(The Statewide Grand Jury was created in 1973 to “strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the ability of the State to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity by improving the evidence gathering process in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county.” Section 905.32, Florida Statutes.) THE GRAND JURY AS AN ACCUSING AND INVESTIGATIVE BODY Our constitution provides that no person shall be brought to trial for a Capital crime except upon indictment of a grand jury....

...Legislature intended, to “strengthen the grand jury system and enhance the ability of the state to detect and eliminate organized criminal activity by improving the evidence-gathering process in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county.” § 905.32, Fla....

or have significance in more than one county.’ § 905.32, Fla. Stat. (2018).” To expand on that point,