Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 941.35 (2025)
Definition of “fresh pursuit.”
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941.35 Definition of “fresh pursuit.”—The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this law shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit as used herein shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.
History.—s. 5, ch. 20461, 1941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1983–1983 · leading case: State v. Englehardt, 4 Fla. Supp. 2d 76 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1983).
State v. Englehardt, 4 Fla. Supp. 2d 76 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1983). “The same term is used in Section 941.35 F.S. relating to extradition.”
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