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Florida Statute 910.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 910.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 910.04 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
910.04 Where aider in one county and offense committed in another.If a person in one county aids, abets, or procures the commission of an offense in another county, the person may be tried in either county.
History.s. 163, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(170); s. 76, ch. 70-339; s. 1515, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 910.04

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·Jackson v. State, 37 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 7518, 2010 WL 2133948

...The State concedes that it presented no evidence to show that Jackson possessed this trafficking amount of cocaine in Hillsborough County. Even so, it contends that Jackson was properly tried in Hillsborough County because he aided and abetted his codefendants' possession of the cocaine there. The State points to section 910.04, Florida Statutes (2005), which provides that "[i]f a person in one county aids, abets, or procures the commission of an offense in another county, the person may be tried in either county." We reject the argument that a drug seller may also be guilty of aiding and abetting his buyer....
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State of Florida v. Peter Washington, Jr. (Fla. 6th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal

...“transact,” which meant, in its most modern, ordinary sense, “To carry through, 5 In future cases with different facts, other criminal venue statutes may point to where a crime occurs for purposes of OSP jurisdiction, as may other considerations. See, e.g., § 910.04 (principal liability) (see note 6, infra); § 910.13 (accessory after the fact); § 910.14 (kidnapping)....
...degree” who can be prosecuted for the offense, even if the aiding, abetting, or procuring principal “is not actually or constructively present at the commission of such offense” by the other principal. The venue statutes incorporate these concepts in section 910.04, which provides, “If a person in one county aids, abets, or procures the commission of an offense in another county, the person may be tried in either county.” This suggests, though we do not decide in this case, that if a principa...
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State of Florida v. Peter Washington, Jr. (Fla. 6th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal

...“transact,” which meant, in its most modern, ordinary sense, “To carry through, 5 In future cases with different facts, other criminal venue statutes may point to where a crime occurs for purposes of OSP jurisdiction, as may other considerations. See, e.g., § 910.04 (principal liability) (see note 6, infra); § 910.13 (accessory after the fact); § 910.14 (kidnapping)....
...degree” who can be prosecuted for the offense, even if the aiding, abetting, or procuring principal “is not actually or constructively present at the commission of such offense” by the other principal. The venue statutes incorporate these concepts in section 910.04, which provides, “If a person in one county aids, abets, or procures the commission of an offense in another county, the person may be tried in either county.” This suggests, though we do not decide in this case, that if a principa...

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