Florida Statute 922.10 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 922
EXECUTION

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F.S. 922.10

922.10 Execution of death sentence; executioner.—A death sentence shall be executed by electrocution, lethal injection, or a method not deemed unconstitutional in accordance with s. 922.105. The warden of the state prison shall designate the executioner. The warrant authorizing the execution shall be read to the convicted person immediately before execution.

History.—s. 271, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(281); ss. 19, 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 137, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 92-310; s. 1, ch. 94-189; s. 437, ch. 96-406; s. 1, ch. 2000-2; s. 1, ch. 2003-272; s. 5, ch. 2025-81.

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Amendments to 922.10

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Cases Citing Statute 922.10

Total Results: 12

Stephens v. State

787 So. 2d 747, 2001 WL 252160

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 2001 | Docket: 1745075

Cited 148 times | Published

the trial court erred in failing to declare section 922.10, Florida Statutes (1997), unconstitutional;

Sims v. State

754 So. 2d 657, 2000 WL 193226

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2000 | Docket: 1523509

Cited 128 times | Published

pertinent portion of the bill stated: Section 1. Section 922.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 922

Ferguson v. State

417 So. 2d 631

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 1982 | Docket: 2518731

Cited 40 times | Published

a part of the executive branch of government. § 922.10 and .11, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1978). The defendant

Provenzano v. Moore

744 So. 2d 413, 1999 WL 756012

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 24, 1999 | Docket: 1380740

Cited 36 times | Published

law. All have been sentenced on the basis of section 922.10, Florida Statutes, which states: "A death sentence

Jones v. State

701 So. 2d 76, 1997 WL 652073

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 20, 1997 | Docket: 1736680

Cited 30 times | Published

separately to encourage the legislature to amend section 922.10, Florida Statutes (Supp.1996), to provide that

Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc.

141 So. 3d 529, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 421, 2014 WL 2609154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1887

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2014 | Docket: 58814

Cited 28 times | Published

(establishing procedures for a stay, of execution); § 922.10, Fla. Stat. (2013) (establishing means by which

Rose v. State

774 So. 2d 629, 2000 WL 1508576

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 12, 2000 | Docket: 473642

Cited 23 times | Published

regarding electrocution is without merit. See § 922.10, Fla. Stat. (1999), amended by ch.2000-02, § 1

Bryan v. State

753 So. 2d 1244, 2000 WL 218114

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 22, 2000 | Docket: 1433386

Cited 21 times | Published

thoroughly articulated public policy.[6] Next, section 922.10, Florida Statutes (1999), as amended by chapter

Stephens v. State

975 So. 2d 405, 2007 WL 3377079

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 15, 2007 | Docket: 1422559

Cited 19 times | Published

the trial court erred in failing to declare section 922.10, Florida Statutes (1997), unconstitutional;

Hamblen v. Dugger

748 F. Supp. 1498, 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12826, 1990 WL 141460

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 16, 1990 | Docket: 1792130

Cited 9 times | Published

carry out the statutory mandate of Florida Statute § 922.10 is malfunctioning so that the execution of Petitioner

Goode v. Wainwright

448 So. 2d 999

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 2, 1984 | Docket: 2522275

Cited 9 times | Published

the method of execution of a death sentence, section 922.10, Florida Statutes (1983), and the regulation

Jones v. McAndrew

996 F. Supp. 1439, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10453, 1998 WL 128430

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 20, 1998 | Docket: 1192502

Cited 3 times | Published

sentence is to be carried out by electrocution. See § 922.10, Florida Statutes (1997). The state courts did