Florida Statute 918.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 918
CONDUCT OF TRIAL

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F.S. 918.06

918.06 Separation and detention of jurors; admonition by court.—The court shall admonish the jury that it is their duty not to converse among themselves or with anyone else on a subject connected with the trial or to form or express an opinion on a subject connected with the trial until the cause is submitted to them. When the jurors leave the jury box, the court may direct that the jury be kept together in the charge of a proper officer or allow them to separate. If the court permits the jurors to separate, it shall admonish them not to view the place where the offense appears to have been committed.

History.—s. 211, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(219); s. 115, ch. 70-339.

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Total Results: 13

Engle v. State

438 So. 2d 803

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 15, 1983 | Docket: 1731787

Cited 52 times | Published

relation to the separation of the jury, that section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1979), was violated. That

Kight v. State

512 So. 2d 922, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 357

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 9, 1987 | Docket: 1517310

Cited 46 times | Published

failure to admonish the jury as required by section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1983) was subsequently denied

Raines v. State

65 So. 2d 558, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1312

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1953 | Docket: 1690761

Cited 19 times | Published

specially). The plain mandate of the Legislature, section 918.06, F.S.A., was violated by the lower court in

Livingston v. State

458 So. 2d 235

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1984 | Docket: 1453171

Cited 17 times | Published

separation in the midst of deliberations. Nor does section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1979), which provides the

Kennick v. State

107 So. 2d 59

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 2, 1958 | Docket: 1335994

Cited 11 times | Published

to try the issues. Appellant contends that F.S. § 918.06, F.S.A., prohibits the prospective jurors from

McDermott v. State

383 So. 2d 712

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 6, 1980 | Docket: 1512398

Cited 9 times | Published

hours without the admonition now required by Section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1979). There, the court

Hernandez v. State

572 So. 2d 969, 1990 WL 205844

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 18, 1990 | Docket: 1518971

Cited 8 times | Published

State, 486 So.2d 1373 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); see also § 918.06, Fla. Stat. (1989).

Ulloa v. State

486 So. 2d 1373, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 883

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 15, 1986 | Docket: 1406880

Cited 7 times | Published

refers to the admonitions then required by Section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1951), that the jurors are

Tejeda-Bermudez v. State

427 So. 2d 1096

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 1983 | Docket: 1151605

Cited 6 times | Published

deadlock without the admonitions required by Section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1979). (2) admitting into

Busquet v. State

498 So. 2d 1353, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2657, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 11406

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 1986 | Docket: 64623751

Published

separation in the midst of deliberations. Nor does section 918.06, Florida Statutes (1979), which provides the

McNeil v. State

208 So. 2d 628, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5792

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 2, 1968 | Docket: 64504678

Published

not violated his admonition given pursuant to § 918.06 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and the trial court’s denial

Worthington v. State

183 So. 2d 728, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 5593

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 8, 1966 | Docket: 64495901

Published

that the trial judge adequately complied with § 918.06, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. As to Point IV, we find that

Ferreri v. State

109 So. 2d 578

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 4, 1959 | Docket: 60191945

Published

absents himself without permission of the court. Section 918.06, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., requires the court