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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 905
GRAND JURY
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905.33 Petition to Supreme Court by Governor; order.—
(1) Whenever the Governor, for good and sufficient reason, deems it to be in the public interest to impanel a statewide grand jury, she or he may petition in writing to the Supreme Court for an order impaneling a statewide grand jury. The petition shall state the general crimes or wrongs to be inquired into and shall state that said crimes or wrongs are of a multicircuit nature. The Supreme Court may order the impaneling of a statewide grand jury, in accordance with the petition, for a term of 12 calendar months. Upon petition by a majority of the statewide grand jury or by the legal adviser to the statewide grand jury, the Supreme Court, by order, may extend the term of the statewide grand jury for a period of up to 6 months.
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate a judge of a circuit court to preside over the statewide grand jury; such judge shall be referred to herein as the presiding judge.
History.—s. 1, ch. 73-132; s. 3, ch. 77-403; ss. 1, 4, ch. 80-619; s. 5, ch. 85-179; s. 1504, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 905.33

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State v. Barnett, 339 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...The purpose of a statewide grand jury is to inquire into organized criminal activity "in matters which transpire or have significance in more than one county." The governor's petition requesting the impaneling of a statewide grand jury must state that the broad criminal activity to be investigated is of "multicounty nature." Section 905.33(1), Florida Statutes....
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In Re: Final Report of the 20th Statewide Grand Jury Case 8 Vs (Fla. 4th DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...laws designed to protect schools, such as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act”; and (3) “[p]atterns of fraud and deceit by public entities shirking responsibility may exist and repeat throughout the state.” See generally § 905.33, Fla....
...The statutes are not inconsistent, as the majority opines, and we have held that disclosure of “witnesses and the substance of their actual testimony” in a grand jury report are unlawful 4 When the supreme court authorizes the impanelment of a statewide grand jury upon a governor’s petition under section 905.33, the court acts in a ministerial and administrative capacity and does not exercise judicial review over the petition....

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