Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 924.055 (2025)

Postconviction review in capital cases; legislative findings and intent.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

924.055 Postconviction review in capital cases; legislative findings and intent.—It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce delays in capital cases and to ensure that all appeals and postconviction actions in capital cases are resolved as soon as possible after the date a sentence of death is imposed in the circuit court. A person sentenced to death or that person’s capital postconviction counsel must file any postconviction legal action in compliance with the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

History.—s. 8, ch. 96-290; s. 5, ch. 2000-3; s. 13, ch. 2013-216.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1998–2004 · leading case: Allen v. Butterworth, 756 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 2000).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Allen v. Butterworth, 756 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 2× “at 14-15 (amending § 924.055, Fla. Stat.) ("It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce delays in capital cases.”

Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure—Capital Postconviction Pub. Records Prod., 708 So. 2d 913 (Fla. 1998). · cites it 4× “The trial judge should consider this motion as part of a time line for progressing the proceeding to a final order in accord with time standards provided in section 924.055, Florida Statutes (1997).”

Crow v. State, 866 So. 2d 1257 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “The court concluded that the Legislature lacked authority to place time limits on postconviction relief because the right to relief is the equivalent of the right to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.