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Fla. Stat. § 924.05 (2025)

Appeal as matter of right.

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924.05 Appeal as matter of right.Direct appeals provided for in this chapter are a matter of right.
History.s. 284, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(294); s. 146, ch. 70-339; s. 3, ch. 96-248.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1943–2026 · leading case: Sims v. State, 998 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 2008).
Sims v. State, 998 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 2008). · cites it 2× “1996) (concluding that article V, section 4(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution, provides a constitutional protection of the right to appeal); § 924.05, Fla. Stat. (2001) ("Direct appeals provided for in this chapter [which pertains to criminal cases] are a matter of right.”
Jackson v. State, 926 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “In this appeal, Jackson claims the district court declared invalid section 924.05, Florida Statutes (2004), which states that "[d]irect appeals provided for in this chapter are a matter of right.”
Shootes v. State, 20 So. 3d 434 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). · cites it 2× “We first address the preservation for review of Appellant’s claim that the courtroom scene presented to the jurors denied him a fair trial.”
Stanford v. State, 110 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1959). “This phase of my discussion is further fortified by §§ 924.05 and 924.06, Florida Statutes, F.”
Nieves v. State, 739 So. 2d 125 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 924.05, Fla. Stat. Second, Nieves argues that Santspere, a prospective juror, should not have been the subject of a peremptory challenge by the state because both he and Nieves are Hispanic and the state failed to give race-neutral reasons for striking him.”
J.O. v. State, 42 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). · cites it 2× “…We find this argument sufficient to put the trial judge on notice he was departing from legal principle. See § 924.05(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008).”
Ronald Searcy v. Florida Dep't of Corr., 485 F. App'x 992 (11th Cir. 2012). “5, § 4(b)(1); Fla. Stat. § 924.05 . However, the district court did not err in denying Searcy’s petition on the basis that he was denied his right to counsel for the purposes of his direct appeal of his judgment and conviction.”
State Ex Rel. Cheney v. Rowe, 11 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1943). “Section 5 of Article V of the Florida Constitution provides that the Supreme Court of Florida shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases at law and equity ■ originating in the circuit court .”
Bain v. State, 934 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005). · cites it 2× “The jurors were also instructed with the standard instruction on justifiable use of deadly force when attacked in one’s own home as modified by the defense. *492 We find that the defense objection was not sufficiently precise so as to inform the trial judge of the basis and…”
JO v. State, 42 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). · cites it 2× “…We find this argument sufficient to put the trial judge on notice he was departing from legal principle. See § 924.05(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008).”
Eric Desmond Parrish v. State of Florida (Fla. 2026). · cites it 3× “Section 924.05, Florida Statutes (2025), states that “[d]irect appeals provided for in this chapter [on criminal appeals] are a matter of right.”
R.A.V. v. State, 815 So. 2d 792 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002). · cites it 2× “See § 924.05, Fla. Stat. (2001); Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.”
— 924.05(1)(b) — 2 cases
Bain v. State, 934 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005). “The jurors were also instructed with the standard instruction on justifiable use of deadly force when attacked in one’s own home as modified by the defense. *492 We find that the defense objection was not sufficiently precise so as to inform the trial judge of the basis and…”
JO v. State, 42 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “…We find this argument sufficient to put the trial judge on notice he was departing from legal principle. See § 924.05(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008).”
— 924.05(3) — 1 case
Shootes v. State, 20 So. 3d 434 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). “We first address the preservation for review of Appellant’s claim that the courtroom scene presented to the jurors denied him a fair trial.”
— 924.05(l)(b) — 1 case
J.O. v. State, 42 So. 3d 803 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “…We find this argument sufficient to put the trial judge on notice he was departing from legal principle. See § 924.05(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008).”
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