Florida Statute 948.12 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 948
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL

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948.12 Intensive supervision for postprison release of violent offenders.—It is the finding of the Legislature that the population of violent offenders released from state prison into the community poses the greatest threat to the public safety of the groups of offenders under community supervision. Therefore, for the purpose of enhanced public safety, any offender released from state prison who:

(1) Was most recently incarcerated for an offense that is or was contained in category 1 (murder, manslaughter), category 2 (sexual offenses), category 3 (robbery), or category 4 (violent personal crimes) of Rules 3.701 and 3.988, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure (1993), and who has served at least one prior felony commitment at a state or federal correctional institution;

(2) Was sentenced as a habitual offender, violent habitual offender, or violent career criminal pursuant to s. 775.084; or

(3) Has been found to be a sexual predator pursuant to s. 775.21,

and who has a term of probation to follow the period of incarceration shall be provided intensive supervision by experienced correctional probation officers. Subject to specific appropriation by the Legislature, caseloads may be restricted to a maximum of 40 offenders per officer to provide for enhanced public safety as well as to effectively monitor conditions of electronic monitoring or curfews, if such was ordered by the court.

History.—s. 11, ch. 97-78; s. 17, ch. 2004-371; s. 59, ch. 2016-24; s. 50, ch. 2025-156.

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Cases Citing Statute 948.12

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Barber v. State, 207 So. 3d 379 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 19232

was placed on probation or community control.” § 948.012(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2015). The trial court found

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Elbert v. State, 20 So. 3d 961 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15522, 2009 WL 3270834

Fla. Stat. (1991) (subsequently renumbered as § 948.012(1), see ch. 2004-373, § 4, Laws of Fla.). All

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King v. State, 990 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4265182

[3] This provision is currently found at section 948.012(1), Florida Statutes (2008). [4] In Martin

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Billy Joe Fowler v. State of Florida, 225 So. 3d 1005 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2017 WL 4018419, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 13044

trial court also has the option provided in Section 948.012, Florida Statutes (2014), to impose a split

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Waterman v. State, 46 So. 3d 154 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 15903, 2010 WL 4140287

probation while still imposing a lawful sentence. See § 948.012(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008). Accordingly, when a

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State of Florida v. Edward Fiddemon (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

to review an alleged sentencing error under section 948.012(1), Florida Statutes (2010), our review is

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State v. Robinson, 138 So. 3d 1225 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 2500638, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 8387

such period as may be imposed by the court.” § 948.012(1), Fla. Stat. (2011). See also Helton v. State

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Thomas Benjamin Brown v. State of Florida, 264 So. 3d 1097 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

a civil commitment is further supported by section 948.012(6), Florida Statutes. In 2014, the subsection

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Maxwell v. State of Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

impose probationary split sentences”); but cf. § 948.012, Fla. Stat. He sought way back to withdraw that

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Michelle a Hollingsworth v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

sentence of incarceration followed by probation. § 948.012(1), Fla. Stat. (2018). In such event, the court

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