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Fla. Stat. § 910.05 (2025)

Where acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties.

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910.05 Where acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties.If the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which any of the acts occurred.
History.s. 164, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(171); s. 77, ch. 70-339.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Kentrell F. Johnson v. State of Florida, 238 So. 3d 726 (Fla. 2018).
Kentrell F. Johnson v. State of Florida, 238 So. 3d 726 (Fla. 2018). · cites it 6× “See § 910.05, Fla. Stat. (2010) ("If the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which any of the acts occurred.”
Braddy v. State, 111 So. 3d 810 (Fla. 2012). · cites it 3× “Section 910.05, Florida Statutes (1997), provides that “[i]f the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which any of the acts occurred.”
Copeland v. State, 457 So. 2d 1012 (Fla. 1984). · cites it 2× “§ 910.05, Fla. Stat. (1977); Barclay v. State, 343 So.”
Barclay v. State, 343 So. 2d 1266 (Fla. 1977). · cites it 2× “" and Section 910.05, Florida Statutes, providing: "If the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which any of the acts occurred.”
State v. Wise, 664 So. 2d 1028 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995). · cites it 4× “(emphasis added) When the deposit in the mail is made in one county and the communication is received in another county, the act of “sending” occurs, for venue purposes, in more than one place.”
Crittendon v. State, 338 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). · cites it 5× “; § 910.03, F.S. 1975. The State, pointing to evidence that the murder party assembled, prepared themselves and picked up their victim in Duval County, claims the benefit of § 910.”
Martin v. State, 488 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). · cites it 5× “Section 910.05, Florida Statutes, states: If the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which any of the acts occurred.”
State v. Stephens, 586 So. 2d 1073 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). · cites it 4× “02(1), and whether the expanded definition of burglary therein makes applicable the venue provision of section 910.05. Section 810.02(1) defines burglary as "entering or remaining in .”
Longo v. State, 580 So. 2d 212 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991). · cites it 2× “[2] The state argues that venue was proper in Broward County on these counts, *215 pursuant to section 910.05, Florida Statutes (1983), which provides: If the acts constituting one offense are committed in two or more counties, the offender may be tried in any county in which…”
Mosley v. State, 842 So. 2d 855 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). · cites it 2× “See § 910.05, Fla. Stat. (1997). Venue is an essential element of the crime charged, and if the defendant can show that the crime did not occur in the venue alleged in the charging document, or that the prosecution has not presented sufficient proof that the crime occurred in…”
State v. Losada, 89 So. 3d 1104 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “” § 910.05, Fla. Stat. (2011). If the State commences prosecution of criminal charges in a county where venue properly lies, the defendant, under certain limited circumstances, may seek a change in venue.”
Kitchen v. State, 965 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). · cites it 2× “" § 910.05, Fla. Stat. "Appellate review is confined to issues decided adversely to appellant's position, or issues that were preserved with a sufficiently specific objection below.”
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