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Fla. Stat. § 947.18 (2025)
Conditions of parole.
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947.18 Conditions of parole.—No person shall be placed on parole merely as a reward for good conduct or efficient performance of duties assigned in prison. No person shall be placed on parole until and unless the commission finds that there is reasonable probability that, if the person is placed on parole, he or she will live and conduct himself or herself as a respectable and law-abiding person and that the person’s release will be compatible with his or her own welfare and the welfare of society. No person shall be placed on parole unless and until the commission is satisfied that he or she will be suitably employed in self-sustaining employment or that he or she will not become a public charge. The commission shall determine the terms upon which such person shall be granted parole. If the person’s conviction was for a controlled substance violation, one of the conditions must be that the person submit to random substance abuse testing intermittently throughout the term of supervision, upon the direction of the correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3). In addition to any other lawful condition of parole, the commission may make the payment of the debt due and owing to the state under s. 960.17 or the payment of the attorney’s fees and costs due and owing to the state under s. 938.29 a condition of parole subject to modification based on change of circumstances. If the person’s conviction was for a crime that was found to have been committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang, one of the conditions must be that the person be prohibited from knowingly associating with other criminal gang members or associates, except as authorized by law enforcement officials, prosecutorial authorities, or the court, for the purpose of aiding in the investigation of criminal activity.
History.—s. 14, ch. 20519, 1941; s. 4, ch. 77-452; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 2, ch. 83-256; s. 37, ch. 86-183; ss. 67, 72, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; ss. 15, 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 4, ch. 96-232; s. 1875, ch. 97-102; s. 43, ch. 97-271; s. 135, ch. 2003-402; s. 22, ch. 2008-238.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 43
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: Williams v. Florida Parole Com'n, 625 So. 2d 926 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).
Williams v. Florida Parole Com'n, 625 So. 2d 926 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). “Upon reaching his presumptive parole release date (PPRD) of July 16, 1990, he was notified that this date had been suspended by the Florida Parole Commission and that he had been denied an effective parole release date (EPRD) pursuant to section 947.18, Florida Statutes (1989).…”
Florida Parole & Prob. Com'n v. Paige, 462 So. 2d 817 (Fla. 1985). “The Commission, thereafter, pursuant to section 947.18, Florida Statutes (1981), changed Paige's presumptive parole release date to May 13, 1989.”
Albert E. Paschal v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc., 738 F.2d 1173 (11th Cir. 1984). “” Fla.Stat.Ann. § 947.18 (1973). Parole was “not an act of amnesty or forgiveness — as some supposed but r]ather, .”
Gobie v. Florida Parole & Prob. Com'n, 416 So. 2d 838 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “These three cases involve the Florida Parole and Probation Commission's (Commission) invocation of § 947.18, Fla. Stat. (1981), to decline to make a presumptive parole release date (PPRD) an effective parole release date (EPRD).”
May v. Florida Parole & Prob. Com'n, 435 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1983). “[7] § 947.18, Fla. Stat. (1979), in particular, allows the commission a repository of discretion in the ultimate parole decision.”
Jackson v. Florida Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 429 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “Four days before that date, however, the Commission, relying on the limited discretion provided in Section 947.18, Florida Statutes (1981), refused to grant Jackson parole and, instead, extended his PPRD by 39 years.”
Florida Parole Comm'n v. Spaziano, 48 So. 3d 714 (Fla. 2010). “1985) ("`[T]he use of the terms "guidelines" and "presumptive parole release date" clearly conveys the message that the final parole decision will depend upon the commission's finding that the prisoner meets the conditions provided in section 947.18.' [ May v. Fla. Parole & Prob.”
Berry v. State, 400 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). “Lastly, we consider count six which charged that the members of the Florida Parole and Probation Commission negligently paroled Rose in violation of the standard established in Section 947.18, Florida Statutes (1969), which provided that: No person shall be placed on parole…”
Meola v. Dep't of Corr., 732 So. 2d 1029 (Fla. 1998). “Then and only then must the Commission determine whether the inmate meets the "probable law-abiding citizen" test specified in section 947.18, Florida Statutes (1997). If the Commission cannot find that there is a reasonable probability that, if released, the inmate would abide…”
Parole & Prob. Com'n v. Bruce, 471 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1985). “The district court of appeal vacated the Commission's order, directed that respondent be placed on parole, and certified the following question as being of great public importance: Whether the Florida Parole and Probation Commission may decline to authorize a recommended…”
Moats v. Florida Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 419 So. 2d 775 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). “2 In defense of its actions, the Commission urges that notwithstanding its prior determination of a PPRD (which, incidentally, it modified pursuant to a Section 947.”
Paige v. Florida Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 434 So. 2d 7 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “In doing so, the Commission, however, pursuant to the provisions of section 947.18, Florida Statutes, declined to set an effective parole release date for appellant due to his extensive prior criminal record.”
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