Florida Statute 941.19 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 941
CORRECTIONS: INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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941.19 Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition.—If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the Governor, in his or her discretion, either may surrender the person on demand of the executive authority of another state or hold the person until he or she has been tried and discharged or convicted and punished in this state.

History.—s. 19, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1610, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 941.19

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Matter of Extradition of Dixon

487 So. 2d 1195, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1045

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 30, 1986 | Docket: 1796273

Cited 4 times | Published

until the pending charges have been resolved. § 941.19, Fla. Stat. (1985). Surrender of the prisoner

Paley v. Bieluch

785 So. 2d 692, 2001 WL 527495

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 16, 2001 | Docket: 450265

Cited 2 times | Published

concur. NOTES [1] The Florida provision is section 941.19, Florida Statutes (2000).

Basulto Vargas v. Junior

254 So. 3d 1092

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 2018 | Docket: 7766234

Published

in this case. The State argued that under section 941.19, Florida Statutes (2018), Vargas could apply

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