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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title V
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Chapter 27
STATE ATTORNEYS; PUBLIC DEFENDERS; RELATED OFFICES
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27.701 Capital collateral regional counsel.There are created three regional offices of capital collateral counsel, which shall be located in a northern, middle, and southern region of the state. The northern region shall consist of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Judicial Circuits; the middle region shall consist of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Eighteenth Judicial Circuits; and the southern region shall consist of the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Judicial Circuits. Each regional office shall be administered by a regional counsel. A regional counsel must be, and must have been for the preceding 5 years, a member in good standing of The Florida Bar or a similar organization in another state. Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be appointed by the Governor, and is subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission shall recommend to the Governor three qualified candidates for each appointment as regional counsel. The Governor shall appoint a regional counsel for each region from among the recommendations, or, if it is in the best interest of the fair administration of justice in capital cases, the Governor may reject the nominations and request submission of three new nominees by the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be appointed to a term of 3 years. Vacancies in the office of capital collateral regional counsel shall be filled in the same manner as appointments. A person appointed as a regional counsel may not run for or accept appointment to any state office for 2 years following vacation of office.
History.s. 3, ch. 85-332; s. 145, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 97-313; s. 84, ch. 2003-399; s. 1, ch. 2004-240; ss. 63, 76, ch. 2004-269; s. 3, ch. 2013-216.

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Daniel Lugo v. Sec'y, Florida Dep't of Corr., 750 F.3d 1198 (11th Cir. 2014).

Cited 81 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 WL 1623735, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7704

...Death Penalty Systems: The Florida Death Penalty Assessment Report 235 (2006) (2006 ABA Report), available at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/individual_rights/projects/death_ penalty_due_process_review_project/death_penalty_assessments/florida.html; see also Fla. Stat. § 27.701....
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Harold Raymond Hooks v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc., Harold Raymond Hooks v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc., 775 F.2d 1433 (11th Cir. 1985).

Cited 45 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 54 U.S.L.W. 2291

...entative,” which will furnish state-paid attorneys to represent indigent death row inmates in collateral proceedings in state and federal courts. Act of June 24, 1985, ch. 85-332, 1985 Fla.Sess.Law Serv. 451 (West) (to be codified at Fla.Stat.Ann. § 27.701-08)....
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Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc., 141 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2014).

Cited 28 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 421, 2014 WL 2609154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1887

...Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Inc., 978 So. 2d 134, 141 (Fla. 2008). Thus, the Legislature has created by statute the offices of CCRC and the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel (RCC) and has established the registry counsel appointment system. See §§ 27.40, 27.511, 27.701, Fla....
...CCRC and RCC are purely statutory entities. See § 27.40(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2013) (“[p]rivate counsel appointed by the court to provide representation shall be selected from a registry of individual attorneys maintained under this section”); § 27.701, Fla....
...- 31 - authority to establish the qualifications and duties of (not the elected public defender) registry counsel, CCRC, and RCC, and those qualifications are not within the purview of this Court. See §§ 27.40(3)(a), 27.511(3)(a), 27.701, Fla. Stat....
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Hill v. Butterworth, 941 F. Supp. 1129 (N.D. Fla. 1996).

Cited 21 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11432, 1996 WL 447194

...Currently, there are only two Florida provisions that suggest any standards of competency, as required by Chapter 154. To qualify for appointment as the State Capital Collateral Representative, an individual must have been a member of the Florida Bar for at least five years. See Fla.Stat. ง 27.701....
...ch as where two defendants have been convicted as co-defendants, or where CCR staff counsel participated in the direct appeal. ง 27.703, Fla.Stat. The head of CCR is appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, for a 4-year term. ง 27.701, Fla.Stat....
...the middle of the state across the I-4 corridor. The remaining cases are almost evenly divided between North and South Florida. Although CCR is required by statute to have a Tallahassee office, it is also authorized to establish branch offices. ง 27.701, Fla....
...orida has not opted in to Chapter 154. Nevertheless, the Court is cognizant that there will likely be further review of this decision. Therefore, the Court will engage in a complete analysis of the parties' remaining arguments. [26] Florida Statutes Section 27.701 provides that the principal office of CCR "shall be located in Tallahassee." CCR does not have any other offices....
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Allen Lee Davis v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert A. Butterworth, 829 F.2d 1513 (11th Cir. 1987).

Cited 17 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...onduct during the closing arguments at the guilt phase rendered those proceedings fundamentally unfair 4 The Florida legislature created the Office of the Capital Collateral Representative (CCR) by statute effective June 24, 1985. Fla.Stat.Ann. Sec. 27.701 (West Supp.1987)....
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Florida Dept. of Fin. Serv. v. Freeman, 921 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 53, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 35, 2006 WL 176748

...See ch.2003-399, § 84, Laws of Fla. The Legislature subsequently gave the project an indefinite extension and directed the Auditor General to provide a performance review before the 2007 legislative session. See ch.2004-240, § 1, Laws of Fla. (codified in § 27.701(2), Laws of Fla....
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Deen v. Wilson, 1 So. 3d 1179 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2229, 2009 WL 211089

...Capital Collateral Regional Counsel represents defendants in post-conviction capital cases. See, e.g., Lowe v. State, 2 So.3d 21, 2008 WL 4809695 (Fla. Nov. 6, 2008); Maas v. Olive, 992 So.2d 196 (Fla.2008). However, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel is created by an entirely different statute, section 27.701, Florida Statutes *1183 (2008)....
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Cox v. State, 5 So. 3d 659 (Fla. 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 269, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 391, 2009 WL 617793

...imitations on collateral representation contained in the last sentence of the section. The relevance beyond the context of registry counsel of the definition in section 27.711(1)(c) is also evident from the specific provision the Legislature made in section 27.701(2) for "the responsibilities of the regional office of capital collateral counsel for the northern region" to "be met through a pilot program using only attorneys from the registry of attorneys maintained pursuant to s....
...27.710." If the scope of representation available from registry counsel were narrower than the scope of representation available from capital collateral regional counsel, it would be impossible for registry counsel to meet "the responsibilities of the regional office of capital collateral counsel" as contemplated by section 27.701(2)....
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Melton v. State, 56 So. 3d 868 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3211, 2011 WL 831135

...ntation of any person convicted and sentenced to death in this state.” Later, when the CCRC northern region was abolished (or “defunded”), see Ch. 2004-240, § 1, at 763, Laws of Fla.; Ch. 2003-399, § 84, at 3619-20, Laws of Fla., codified at § 27.701(2), Fla....
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Amendments to Crim. Proc. 3.851 & 3.590, 945 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2006 WL 3511520

...ment of registry counsel, is amended to provide for the appointment of registry counsel, where appropriate, upon issuance of the mandate affirming a judgment and sentence of death on direct appeal. The Committee proposed the amendment in response to section 27.701(2), Florida Statutes (2005) (providing that "the responsibilities of the regional office of capital collateral counsel for the northern region of the state shall be met through a pilot program using only attorneys from the registry of attorneys maintained pursuant to s....
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Hill v. Butterworth, 133 F.3d 783 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 35100

...§ 2261(c).7 As to both issues, circumstances have changed materially since this case left the district court. For instance, Florida brings to our attention many new statutory amendments, effective June 16, 1997, that may impact its "opt-in" status. E.g., Fla. Stat. § 27.701 (establishing three independent Capital Collateral Regional Counsels (CCRCs) instead of one Capital Collateral Representative (CCR)); § 27.703(3) (requiring post-conviction counsel "to have participated in a 6 The district cour...
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1988).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...Therefore, unless some exemption from the Public Records Law attaches to such records as they are maintained by CCR, the provisions of s. 119.07 (1), F.S., regarding production and copying would apply. Sincerely, Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General (gh) 1 Executive Order No. 88-71. 2 Section 27.701 , F.S....
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Hill v. Butterworth, 133 F.3d 783 (11th Cir. 1997).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...97-391). 5 As to both issues, circumstances have changed materially since this case left the district court. For instance, Florida brings to our attention many new statutory amendments, effective June 16, 1997, that may impact its “opt-in” status. E.g., Fla. Stat. § 27.701 (establishing three independent Capital Collateral Regional Counsels (CCRCs) instead of one Capital Collateral Representative (CCR)); § 27.703(3) (requiring post- conviction counsel “to have participated in a least five felony jury tri...
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Daniel Lugo v. Sec'y, Florida Dep't of Corr. (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...Death Penalty Systems: The Florida Death Penalty Assessment Report 235 (2006) (2006 ABA Report), available at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/individual_rights/projects/death_ penalty_due_process_review_project/death_penalty_assessments/florida.html; see also Fla. Stat. § 27.701....

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