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Florida Statute 922.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 922.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 922.04 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
922.04 Discharge of prisoner unable to pay fine.When the court determines on the written application of a prisoner that he or she has been imprisoned for 60 days solely for failure to pay a fine or costs which total not more than $300 and that the prisoner is indigent and unable to pay the fine or costs, the court shall order the prisoner discharged from custody.
History.s. 265, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(275); s. 1, ch. 29661, 1955; s. 131, ch. 70-339; s. 1549, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 922.04

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·Bramlett v. Peterson, 307 F. Supp. 1311 (M.D. Fla. 1969).

Cited 24 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1969 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8750

...He too stated that he was not advised of his right to court-appointed counsel prior to trial. The maximum punishment under Florida Statutes, section 775.07 (1967), F.S.A., is two hundred dollars or ninety days, or both. Furthermore, Florida Statutes, section 922.04 (1967), F.S.A., provides that release is available to an indigent after sixty days incarceration solely for inability to pay a fine of three hundred dollars or less....
...Had an attorney been present, plaintiff Goodale could have benefitted from the assistance of counsel. He was incarcerated under this conviction at the time this suit was filed, and was later released under state habeas corpus proceedings brought under section 922.04....
...No opposition to this relief was expressed at the hearing or in the pleadings. It was admitted that he did not have counsel made available to him. Because plaintiff Goodale served the maximum time required under the sentence, as it was limited by operation of Florida Statutes, section 922.04, by which he was released after sixty days, no leave is granted to the State to rearrest, rearraign and retry plaintiff....
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·Dir., Off. of Workers' Comp. Programs, United States Dep't of Labor v. Drummond Coal Co. & Miles Cornelius, 831 F.2d 240 (11th Cir. 1987).

Cited 19 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14532

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