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Fla. Stat. § 941.04 (2025)
Governor may investigate case.
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941.04 Governor may investigate case.—When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Department of Legal Affairs or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him or her the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether the person ought to be surrendered.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1957–1998 · leading case: Moore v. State, 407 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
Moore v. State, 407 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). “NOTES [1] The appellant urges that the governor of the rendition state has the authority under Section 941.04, Florida Statutes (1979) to make an investigation into a case.”
State v. Cox, 306 So. 2d 156 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974). “It follows that we must hold that the considerations which prompted the trial court to grant relief were legally irrelevant. While we are not unmindful of the equities favoring the appellee, these are matters which may be more appropriately tendered to the governor.”
Zile v. State, 710 So. 2d 729 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). “shall be excused from attending and testifying ... upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, .”
Freeman v. Blackburn, 92 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 1957). “March 6, 1956, Honorable James Folsom, Governor of Alabama, transmitted to the Governor of Florida a requisition for extradition of appellant and on March 16, 1956, a hearing under Section 941.04, Flor *263 ida Statutes, F.”
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