Florida Statute 924.20 - 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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924.20 Duty of court upon breach of undertaking.—When an appellant at liberty on bail fails to prosecute the appeal as required by the undertaking, the appellate court, in addition to declaring the bond forfeited, may dismiss the appeal and remand the case for further proceedings.

History.—s. 296, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(309); s. 156, ch. 70-339.

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United States v. Cecil Ray Frye, Jr.

402 F.3d 1123, 2005 WL 564039

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 11, 2005 | Docket: 213061

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their reading of the plain language of section 924. 20 Third, Frye argues that there

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