Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...The state argues “[i]f the [SWGJ] had jurisdiction there [referring to Runcie], it surely does here.” After discussing Runcie, the state argues that Florida law treats crimes facilitated by remote communication services as crimes committed in multiple places, including multiple counties, citing section 910.15(1), Florida Statutes (2021), the venue statute for crimes facilitated by communications systems. However, the state does not discuss or cite any case interpreting section 910.15(1) as applying to SWGJ or SWP jurisdiction other than Runcie, which did not discuss section 910.15(1). The Defendant’s Appellate Arguments The defendant argues that Runcie supports affirmance because in Runcie, we rejected the state’s argument that a telephone call between Runcie and a witness located in another county gave the SWGJ jurisdiction over a multi-county crime....

...1993), for the proposition that “[i]f the legislature did not intend the results mandated by the statute’s plain language, then the appropriate remedy is for it to amend the statute.” Thus, the trial court rejected the state’s argument that because section 910.15(1) extends SWP prosecution 10 jurisdiction, section 910.15(1) also extends SWGJ jurisdiction to a section 838.016(1) violation. Our Analysis We begin by observing that section 905.32 states the legislative intent of Florida’s Statewide Grand Jury Act is “to strengthen the grand jur...

..., shall take precedence over this order on all matters relating to property division, alimony, child custody, or child support. 3. THIS INJUNCTION IS ENFORCEABLE IN ALL COUNTIES OF FLORIDA, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MAY EFFECT ARRESTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 910.15(6), FLORIDA STATUTES....

...(2023)) (amending OSP Statute to provide that any of statute’s enumerated crimes “facilitated by or connected to the use of the Internet. . . . is a crime occurring in every judicial circuit within the state”), with Ch. 2001-99, § 2, Laws of Fla. (codified at § 910.15(b), Fla....

...(2023)) (amending OSP Statute to provide that any of statute’s enumerated crimes “facilitated by or connected to the use of the Internet. . . . is a crime occurring in every judicial circuit within the state”), with Ch. 2001-99, § 2, Laws of Fla. (codified at § 910.15(b), Fla....

...State, 8 So. 748 (Fla. 1891). But we agree that a question of great public importance should be certified, so we join in certifying the questions set out by our colleague in his concurring opinion. That said, we find that this issue is resolved by section 910.15(1), Florida Statutes, which reads in pertinent part as follows: A person charged with committing a crime facilitated by communication through use of ....

...evidence showed that the victim was in Alachua County when she received the communications from Debose. Because the “dissemination” of the communication “was made” in Alachua 2 County, venue was proper there under section 910.15(1), and the court did not err in denying the motion for judgment of acquittal....

...Predators Act? Debose claims that it does, and that his conclusion is supported by the decision in Montgomery. The State agrees, but we do not. 1 Debose claims that Berry v. State, 306 So. 3d 1256 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020), supports his argument. Berry does not discuss section 910.15, so we find it inapplicable. 2 Because “[t]he designation of a person as a sexual predator is neither a sentence nor a punishment but simply a status resulting from the conviction of certain crimes[,]” it is unclear whether an...