Florida Statute 941.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 941
CORRECTIONS: INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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941.20 Guilt or innocence of accused, when inquired into.—The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he or she is charged may not be inquired into by the Governor or in any proceeding after the demand for extradition accompanied by a charge of crime in legal form as above provided shall have been presented to the Governor, except as it may be involved in identifying the person held as the person charged with the crime.

History.—s. 20, ch. 20460, 1941; s. 1611, ch. 97-102.

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Bonazzo v. Michell, 221 So. 2d 186 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...Nevertheless, our review of the documents including the affidavit, warrant and indictment shows them to be sufficient. [8] Accordingly the order appealed from is affirmed. Affirmed. CROSS and OWEN, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] State ex rel. Kimbro v. Starr, Fla. 1953, 65 So.2d 67. [2] F.S. 1967, Section 941.20, F.S.A....

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State v. Davila, 481 So. 2d 486 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2609

action which was in direct contravention of section 941.20, Florida Statutes (1983). This section provides

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Rion v. Purdy, 212 So. 2d 304 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5283

...ented to the trial court in the habeas corpus proceeding and whether the trial court should consider evidence proffered by Rion for the purpose of proving that his extradition was sought to collect a private debt or for some other purpose. Fla.Stat. § 941.20, F.S.A., in the chapter which provides for uniform interstate extradition states: “The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the crime of which he is charged may not be inquired into by the governor or in any proceeding after the demand...