Florida Statute 924.056 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 924
CRIMINAL APPEALS AND COLLATERAL REVIEW

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924.056 Capital postconviction proceedings; reporting requirements.—

(1) The Supreme Court shall annually report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate the status of each capital case in which a postconviction action has been filed that has been continuously pending for more than 3 years. The report must include the name of the state court judge involved in the case.

(2) In a capital postconviction proceeding in which it has been determined that an attorney of record provided constitutionally deficient representation and relief has been granted as a result of such determination, after the highest court having jurisdiction to review such determination has issued its final order affirming the determination, the court making such determination shall furnish a copy of the findings to The Florida Bar for appropriate disciplinary action.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2000-3; s. 14, ch. 2013-216.

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Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.851, 3.852 & 3.993, 772 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 2000).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 285, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 774, 2000 WL 381496

...The DPRA significantly altered Florida’s capital post-conviction court procedures. Most notably, the DPRA created a postconviction process in capital cases that runs almost parallel with the direct appeal proceedings. See ch. 2000-3, § 6, Laws of Fla.; Fla. CS for HB 1-A, § 6, at 15-19 (creating section 924.056, Florida Statutes)....

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