Florida Statute 913.13 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 913
TRIAL JURY

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F.S. 913.13

913.13 Jurors in capital cases.—A person who has beliefs which preclude her or him from finding a defendant guilty of an offense punishable by death shall not be qualified as a juror in a capital case.

History.—s. 12, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2850; GS 3906; RGS 6004; CGL 8298; s. 89, ch. 70-339; s. 1521, ch. 97-102.

Note.—Former s. 932.20.

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Cases Citing Statute 913.13

Total Results: 5

Suggs v. McNeil

609 F.3d 1218, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 13205, 2010 WL 2519268

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 24, 2010 | Docket: 178915

Cited 36 times | Published

willing to recommend a sentence of death. Fla. Stat. § 913.13. Even if one of the original seven votes for death

Foster v. State

369 So. 2d 928

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 22, 1979 | Docket: 426144

Cited 34 times | Published

not qualified as a juror in a capital case. Section 913.13, Florida Statutes (1975). The voir dire examination

Jennings v. State

512 So. 2d 169, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 434

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 27, 1987 | Docket: 1517294

Cited 22 times | Published

solely on the law and the evidence. Therefore, section 913.13, Florida Statutes (1985), does not apply, as

Roy Allen Stewart v. Richard L. Dugger, as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida

847 F.2d 1486, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 7825, 1988 WL 58554

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 9, 1988 | Docket: 814035

Cited 9 times | Published

91 S.Ct. 7, 27 L.Ed.2d 33 (1970); Fla.Stat.Ann. § 913.13 (West 1985). When a prospective juror has expressed

Anthony Michael Ortiz v. State of Florida

188 So. 3d 113, 2016 WL 1295073, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5169

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 4, 2016 | Docket: 3050460

Published

death penalty is possible as evidenced by section 913.13, which excludes from jury service in a capital