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Fla. Stat. § 910.09 (2025)

Cause of death inflicted in one county and death occurs in another.

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910.09 Cause of death inflicted in one county and death occurs in another.If the cause of death is inflicted in one county and death occurs in another county, the offender may be tried in either county.
History.s. 168, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(175); s. 79, ch. 70-339.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1976 · leading case: Crittendon v. State, 338 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976).
Crittendon v. State, 338 So. 2d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “Consistent with Crittendon's position, the indictment might properly have been regarded as intending to invoke § 910.09, F.S. 1975: "If the cause of death is inflicted in one county and death occurs in another county, the offender may be tried in either county.”
Trask v. State, 253 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971). · cites it 2× “and F.S. § 910.09, F.S.A. PIERCE, C. J., and LILES and HOB-SON, JJ.”
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