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Florida Statute 944.01 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
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944.01 Short title.—This act may be cited as “The Florida Corrections Code of 1957.”
History.—s. 45, ch. 57-121.

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Heilman v. State, 135 So. 3d 513 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4610, 2014 WL 1255319

...When we analyze section 944.35, we see a different statute. Section 944.35 is found in chapter 944, “The Florida Corrections Code of 1957,” 5 and the stated purpose of the statutes in chapter 944 is to make the correctional system in Florida more efficient and effective and to reduce recidivism. See § 944.012, Fla....
...Webster's II New Riverside University Dictionary 660 (1984). Black's Law Dictionary defines the term “justifiable” as "[rjightful; defensible; warranted or sanctioned by law; that which can be shown to be sustained by law; as justifiable homicide.” Black's Law Dictionary 1004 (4th ed. 1968). .§ 944.01, Fla....

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