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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 913
TRIAL JURY

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F.S. 913.08

913.08 Number of peremptory challenges.—

(1) The state and the defendant shall each be allowed the following number of peremptory challenges:

(a) Ten, if the offense charged is punishable by death or imprisonment for life;

(b) Six, if the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for more than 12 months but is not punishable by death or imprisonment for life;

(2) If two or more defendants are tried jointly, each defendant shall be allowed the number of peremptory challenges specified in subsection (1), and the state shall be allowed as many challenges as are allowed to all of the defendants.

History.—s. 189, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(196); s. 86, ch. 70-339.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 913.08

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 913.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 913.08

Total Results: 20

Randall T. Deviney v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-05-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: peremptory challenges provided for by section 913.08, Florida Statutes (2017), so that the trial court… analysis” to explain why an 10. See § 913.08, Fla. Stat. (2017).

Moses McCray v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-05-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 220 So. 3d 1119

Snippet: 894 So.2d 88, 98 (Fla. 2004) (citing §§ 913.03, 913.08, Fla. Stat. (2003)). “Section 913.03 of the Florida

Kenneth R. Jackson v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-03-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 213 So. 3d 754

Snippet: constitutional challenge to section 913.08. Jackson also alleges that section 913.08 is unconstitutional as … Challenges Jackson alleges that section 913.08, Florida Statutes (2007), which governs peremptory… State, 894 So. 2d 88, 98 (Fla. 2004). Section 913.08 grants ten peremptory challenges to criminal defendants…challenges beyond those established in section 913.08. -… 617 So. 2d 1058, 1060 n.2 (Fla. 1993). Section 913.08 is rationally related to a legitimate interest

& SC13-1065 Harold Blake v. State of Florida and Harold Blake v. Timothy H. Cannon, etc. Corrected Opinion

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-09-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: preemptory strikes provided for a capital case. See § 913.08(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2005). B. Ineffectiveness

& SC13-1065 Harold Blake v. State of Florida and Harold Blake v. Timothy H. Cannon, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-12-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 180 So. 3d 89

Snippet: strikes provided for a capital case. See § 913.08(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2005). : B. Ineffectiveness

Matarranz v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-09-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 473, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 687, 2013 WL 5355117, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2074

Snippet: State, 638 So.2d 30, 32 (Fla.1994)). *493Section 913.08(10) points to the fundamental role of the trial

LaVALLEY v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-03-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 30 So. 3d 513, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 3910, 2009 WL 4874760

Snippet: construction, nothing more. The statute, section 913.08(1), Florida Statutes, specifies that the number

Victorino v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2009-11-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 23 So. 3d 87, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 645, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 1954, 2009 WL 4061285

Snippet: all of the defendants,” rule 3.350(b). See also § 913.08, Fla. Stat. (2005). Victorino does not argue based

Kopsho v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-05-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 959 So. 2d 168

Snippet: peremptory challenges to strike Mullinax. See § 913.08(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2000). The fact that Kopsho

Buchanan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 209

Snippet: R.Crim. P. 3.350. Section 913.08 of the Florida Statutes (2005) is in accord: 913.08. Number of peremptory…for life; (c) Three, for all other offenses.... § 913.08(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). In this case, confusion …proceeding would only have six. We interpret section 913.08(1)(a)'s reference to the punishment for the

Busby v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2005-02-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 894 So. 2d 88

Snippet: involved in criminal proceedings. See §§ 913.03; 913.08, Fla. Stat. (2003). Section 913.03 of the Florida…death), and three for all other offenses. See § 913.08(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). The statute does not enumerate… contravention of the plain language of section 913.08, which grants each party to a criminal proceeding…statutory peremptory challenges given to him in section 913.08(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2000). Later, after exhausting…equally to the State and to the defendant by section 913.08, Florida Statutes (2003). As a statutory right,

Cox v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 764 So. 2d 711

Snippet: challenges each. The statute applicable, section 913.08, provides in pertinent part: (1) The state and …, 720 So.2d at 1132 ("We interpret section 913.08(1)(a)'s reference to the punishment for the

Whitaker v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-07-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 784 So. 2d 448

Snippet: prescribed by Section 913.08(1), Florida Statutes (1997). We disagree. Section 913.08(1) provides: (1) The…to adopt the defendant’s construction of Section 913.08(1), we would achieve “the incongruous result of

Smellie v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-11-03T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 720 So. 2d 1131

Snippet: briefly address each. As to the first issue, section 913.08(1), Florida Statutes (1997), provides in relevant…proceeding would only have six. We interpret section 913.08(1)(a)'s reference to the punishment for the

Medicaid, Program Integrity, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Conval-Care, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-04-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 636 So. 2d 117

Snippet: substantial damages for these breaches, section 409.913(8)(h) provides for administrative sanctions against

In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-09-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 606 So. 2d 227

Snippet: The suggested rule is a transcription of section 913.08, Florida Statutes, excluding subdivision (5), which

Kibler v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-06-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 546 So. 2d 710

Snippet: peremptory challenges, they are specifically limited. § 913.08, Fla. Stat. (1987). The picking of a jury is an

Livingston v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-08-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 512 So. 2d 223, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9650, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1878

Snippet: In Meade v. State, supra, which discussed F.S. § 913.08 the court consider*225ing consolidated cases held

Koenig v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-12-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 497 So. 2d 875

Snippet: peremptory challenge right guaranteed by Section 913.08, Florida Statutes (1983),[4] and Florida Rule of…selected, apparently a black woman. [4] Section 913.08 provides in pertinent part: "(1) The State

State v. Neil

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1984-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 457 So. 2d 481

Snippet: peremptory challenges, which parity still exists. § 913.08, Fla. Stat. (1983). [2] McCray also had filed