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Fla. Stat. § 925.05 (2025)

Statements or confessions; availability to defendant.

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925.05 Statements or confessions; availability to defendant.On motion of the defendant after an indictment, information, or affidavit has been filed, the court shall order the prosecuting attorney to permit the defendant to photograph or copy any written or recorded statements or confessions of the defendant, whether they are signed or not. The order shall specify the time, place, and manner of taking the photographs or copies and any other conditions.
History.s. 1, ch. 63-263; s. 170, ch. 70-339.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1965–2005 · leading case: Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc., 887 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 2004).
Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc., 887 So. 2d 1090 (Fla. 2004). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 900 So. 2d 528 (Fla. 2005). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
In re Amendment to Florida Rule of Crim. Procedure 3.220(h), 681 So. 2d 666 (Fla. 1996). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
Johnson v. State, 190 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 4th DCA 1966). · cites it 2× “— Where a person is charged with an offense, upon motion of such person, at any time after the filing of the indictment or information against him, the court shall order the prosecuting attorney to permit the defendant to inspect and copy or photograph written or recorded…”
State v. Shouse, 177 So. 2d 724 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965). “63-263; Section 925.05, Fla. Stats., F.S.A. The act provides that upon motion "the court shall order the prosecuting attorney to permit the defendant to inspect and copy or photograph written or recorded statements or confessions whether signed or unsigned by the defendant.”
State v. McCall, 186 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966). · cites it 3× “[3] The Legislature in 1963, enacted what is now § 925.05, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. which requires that the prosecution permit the defense to inspect and copy written or recorded statements or confessions whether signed or unsigned by the defendant.”
Amendment to Florida Rule of Crim. Procedure 3.220(h)(1), 710 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 1998). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
Amendment to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.220(h) & 3.361, 724 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 1998). · cites it 4× “(a)(1) This is substantially the same as section 925.05, Florida Statutes. (a)(2) This is new and allows a defendant rights which he did not have, but must be considered in light of subdivision (c).”
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