Florida Statute 27.59 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH

Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES

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27.59 Access to prisoners.—The public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant regional counsel shall be empowered to inquire of all persons who are incarcerated in lieu of bond and to tender them advice and counsel at any time, but the provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to persons who have engaged private counsel.

History.—s. 6, ch. 67-539; s. 10, ch. 80-376; s. 13, ch. 2007-62.

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Cases Citing Statute 27.59

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Cooper v. Muccitelli, 661 So. 2d 52 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

Cited 10 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 322199

(Fla. 1931); Couch on Insurance 2d (Rev. ed.) § 27:59. The right to change the beneficiary of a life

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Harrison v. Wainwright, 243 So. 2d 427 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...missal of the charges. We recognize that in a practical sense, assistance of counsel is invariably necessary to assert the rights of defendants discussed herein. Yet, under Florida law, no defendant can long be without benefit of counsel inasmuch as Section 27.59, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., expressly empowers the public defender and his assistants to inquire of all persons incarcerated for 48 hours or more and to tender them advice and counsel regarding their rights....

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Lowe v. State, 250 So. 2d 310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6272

has a public defender system. Florida Statutes § 27.59, F.S.A. guarantees the public defender access to

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