Florida Statute 932.65 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 932
PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

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F.S. 932.65

932.65 Filing formal charges; petitioner incarcerated.—When a person is incarcerated for a violation of a county or municipal ordinance and fails, or is otherwise unable, to be released on bond and requests a trial by jury, the person shall be transferred within 5 days to the jail facilities of the criminal court providing trial by jury. The prosecuting authority shall file formal charges within 3 days of the transfer of the person who fails, or is unable to post bond. Upon the failure or inability of the prosecuting authority to file charges, the person incarcerated shall be released and the provisions of s. 932.62, shall apply. It shall be the responsibility of the jailer releasing the prisoner to have the prisoner execute and sign an agreement to appear before the court to which his or her case has been transferred in accordance with s. 932.62.

History.—s. 1, ch. 70-372; s. 1568, ch. 97-102.

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State v. Hancock

529 So. 2d 1200, 1988 WL 74315

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 1988 | Docket: 852501

Cited 3 times | Published

by the terms of the statute, requires release. § 932.65, Fla. Stat. (1987). In interpreting this section