CopyCited 204 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2010 WL 2089257
...Both are conditional
forms of release subject to revocation. See Fla. Stat. §
948.06. Florida law lumps
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together “probation, community control, parole, [and] conditional release” as
“postprision release supervision.” See Fla. Stat. §
394.927(2).
However, state law merely informs our analysis of what is, ultimately, a
federal issue....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 626051
...The two men admitted dropping two pistols in the canal. Two 9 mm pistols and three magazines were found in the canal, fully loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition. The amended information charged Burkhart as a principal with Escape While in Lawful Custody under Florida Statutes, section 394.927, and Grand Theft of the helicopter....
...but, rather, are considered long-term treatment facilities. See Garner v. State,
839 So.2d 924, 926 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). To cover escapes or attempted escapes from such facilities, the legislature created a special escape statute within Chapter 394. Section
394.927, Florida Statutes, effective January 1, 1999, provides in pertinent part: (1) A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant to a judicial finding of probable cause under s.
394.915 or pursuant to a commitment as a sexually violent predator under s.
394.916 and who escapes or attempts to escape while in such custody commits a felony of the second degree.... Burkhart was charged with escape under section
394.927....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 211, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 567, 2013 WL 1338042
...it acts of sexual violence if discharged”); §
394.920, Fla. Stat. (2005) (governing petitions for release). ."Lawful custody” is expressed once in the Act, referring to an individual's status for the crime of escape or attempting to escape. See §
394.927(1), Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 2654367
...Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. WARNER, J. Steven Whitsett appeals his conviction of armed escape from a civil commitment facility pursuant to section 394.927, Florida Statutes (2000), and his resulting twenty-year sentence....
...ithin the act's provisions, a petition may be filed to civilly commit the individual. Prior to a full trial, the court may determine that probable cause has been established to permit pretrial commitment of the individual. Section 22 of the act, now section 394.927(1), provides: A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant to a judicial finding of probable cause under s....
