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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 936
INQUESTS OF THE DEAD
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CHAPTER 936
CHAPTER 936
INQUESTS OF THE DEAD
936.001 Purpose.
936.002 “Inquest” defined.
936.003 Procedure.
936.001 Purpose.—The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure whereby a public inquest may be made into a death for which an autopsy is required, when there is a question of the occurrence of a criminal act, criminal negligence, or foul play associated with the death.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-294.
936.002 “Inquest” defined.—As used in this chapter, the term “inquest” means a formal, nonadversary, nonjury presentation of evidence concerning a death, discovered by the medical examiner, state attorney, and law enforcement agency during their respective examinations and investigations into the death.
History.—s. 1, ch. 77-294.
936.003 Procedure.—
(1) The state attorney may petition the county court in the county in which the body was found to hold an inquest into any death for which an examination, investigation, or autopsy is required to be performed by the medical examiner pursuant to the provisions of s. 406.11 when there is a question of the involvement of a criminal act, criminal negligence, or foul play in the death. The county court judge presiding at the inquest shall be deemed coroner only insofar as she or he is empowered to thus preside. Except as provided in this subsection, all duties and responsibilities of a coroner provided by law shall be vested in a medical examiner regulated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 406.
(2) Upon receipt of the petition of the state attorney, the county court judge shall schedule the time and place of the inquest. The county court judge shall send her or his warrant for witnesses, to be served by a sheriff, commanding the witnesses to come to the inquest to be examined and to declare their knowledge concerning the death. Any witness appearing at, or summoned to appear at, an inquest shall be entitled to the same compensation as that provided by law for witnesses in any criminal proceeding held in the county.
(3) After the evidence has been presented, the court shall deliver a verdict stating whether or not there exists probable cause to believe that the death was the result of a criminal act, criminal negligence, or foul play. The verdict shall also state the name of the person or persons believed to be responsible for the death, if reasonably known.
(4) All inquests shall be open to the public.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 77-294; s. 297, ch. 79-400; s. 1588, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 936
Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 936

Total Results: 20

Heather Preisser v. Gregory Preisser

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-23

Snippet: fees.”) (quoting Carlson v. Carlson, 719 So. 2d 936, 936 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)). KELSEY, NORDBY, and LONG

Washington County School Board, Calhoun County School Board v. Davis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-23

Snippet: decisions for Job No. 933 on May 18, 2015, for Job No. 936 on May 21, 2015, and for Job No. 1065 on August 3

State of Florida v. Jean Paul Yanes-Blanco

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-17

Snippet: within the United States. United States v. Aslam, 936 F.2d 751, 753 (2d Cir. 1991). Even though the aliens

Roderick Owens v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-15

Snippet: criminal. See e.g., State v. Jackson, 306 So. 3d 936, 941–42 (Fla. 2020) (noting that “postconviction

Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Joseph Sabga, III, and Dunia Sabga

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-02

Snippet: the unfinished work had increased by 35% to $435,936.75, due to an increase in construction costs.

Rick Staly, as Sheriff of Flagler County, Florida v. Nina Izotova

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-20

Snippet: contemplated tort action. 320 So. 3d at 936. Based on Boman, “the appropriate agency”

Paylan v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-11

Snippet: case); Paylan v. Dep't of Health, 160 So. 3d 936 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (seeking certiorari review of

Clark, Jr. v. Clark, Sr., Department of Treasury - Internal Revenue Service

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-06

Snippet: mortgage.” Martins v. PNC Bank, N.A., 170 So. 3d 932, 936 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (citing DiSalvo v. SunTrust Mortg

Jose Diaz v. Miguel Triana Alvarez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-04

Snippet: ”); Araujo v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 290 So. 3d 936, 941 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (“The record does not show

Andwele R. Williams v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-04

Snippet: (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); see also Johnson v. State, 936 So. 2d 672, 674 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (approving the

Carlos De La Melena v. Joanna Patricia Montezuma Panez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-22

Snippet: his or her new environment.” Wigley, 82 So. 3d at 936 (citing Hague Convention, art. 12). Father’s first

J.R., Mother of K.B., a Child v. Department of Children and Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-14

Snippet: Department of Children & Family Services, 83 So. 3d 936, 940 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012), the Third District reversed

Petro Welt Trading ges.M.B.h v. Edward Brinkmann

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-08

Snippet: Martins v. PNC Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, 170 So. 3d 932, 936–37 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) (reviewing for abuse of discretion

Thomas Coniglio v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-06

Snippet: gratuitous and harmless.” Henderson, 391 So. 3d at 936. Even so, we cautioned trial courts about such generalized

Peter Sciallo v. the State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-18

Snippet: holdings are consistent with Bush v. State, 461 So. 2d 936, 940 (Fla. 1984), which held that a juror was properly

Aaron Kinley v. the State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-11

Snippet: Ultimately, unlike in State v. Jackson, 306 So. 3d 936, 945 (Fla. 2020), which concluded that an order

Michael L. Waite v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-16

Snippet: objective expectation of privacy); Avrich v. State, 936 So. 2d 739, 742 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (reversing defendant’s

Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Hans Jurg Banziger

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-14

Snippet: (quoting Jones v. Federated Nat’l Ins. Co., 235 So. 3d 936, 941 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)). The Insured moved

The State of Florida v. Stephen F. Myers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-26

Snippet: facts” we entertain a de novo review. State v. Pitts, 936 So. 2d 1111, 1117 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (quoting Connor

JUAN PABLO AGREDO LATORRE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-18

Snippet: Case No. 6D23-1006 Lower Tribunal Nos. 2019-CF-000936, 2018-CF-000314, 2022-CF-001146 and