Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 921.12 (2025)

Fees of physicians when pregnancy is alleged as cause for not pronouncing sentence.

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921.12 Fees of physicians when pregnancy is alleged as cause for not pronouncing sentence.—The court shall allow reasonable fees to the physicians appointed to examine a defendant who has alleged her pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing sentence. The fees shall be paid by the county in which the indictment was found or the information or affidavit filed.

History.—s. 258, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(267); s. 122, ch. 70-339.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1967–1998 · leading case: In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992).

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In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 2× “A revamped version of section 921.12, Florida Statutes. Note that the rule omits the statutory provisions for the payment of fees to the examining physicians.”

In Re Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 196 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1967). “Committee Note: A revamped version of Section 921.12. NOTE that the Rule omits the statutory provisions for the payment of fees to the examining physicians.”

Christopher v. State of Florida, 582 F. Supp. 633 (S.D. Fla. 1984). “Petitioner alleges that he was under great emotional strain over the alleged fondling of petitioner’s daughter, Norma Sands, by George Ahern and that, therefore, the statutory mitigating factor that “[t]he capital felony was committed while the defendant was under the influence…”

Milligan v. Palm Beach Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 704 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. 1998). “§ 921.12 (county must pay fees of physicians who examine defendants who allege pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing sentence); id.”

Milligan v. Cnty. Bd. of Co. Com'rs, 704 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. 1998). “§ 921.12 (county must pay fees of physicians who examine defendants who allege pregnancy as a cause for not pronouncing sentence); id.”

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