Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 910.02 (2025)

Offense committed while in transit.

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910.02 Offense committed while in transit.—If an offense is committed on a railroad car, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft traveling within this state and it is not known in which county the offense was committed, the accused may be tried in any county through which the railroad car, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft has traveled. The accused is entitled to elect the county in which she or he will be tried, as provided in s. 910.03.

History.—ss. 161, 166, 167, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(168), (173), (174); s. 74, ch. 70-339; s. 1512, ch. 97-102.

Note.—Former ss. 910.07, 910.08.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: United States v. McCulley, 673 F.2d 346 (11th Cir. 1982).

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United States v. McCulley, 673 F.2d 346 (11th Cir. 1982). “1 See analogously, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 910.02; Ga. Code Ann. § 26-302 (e).”

Martin v. State, 488 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). · cites it 2× “Section 910.02, Florida Statutes, states: If an offense is committed on a railroad car, vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft traveling within this state and it is not known in which county the offense was committed, the accused may be tried in any county through which the railroad…”

United States v. Nicholas Maida, 650 F. App'x 682 (11th Cir. 2016). “In response, the government never argued that the convictions under Fla. Stat. § 910.02 qualified as enumerated burglary offenses, nor did it mention the ACCA’s enumerated offense of burglary.”

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