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...nd exempt from public access, or are they confidential and exempt from public access only as a result of a court order? In the materials accompanying your request, you have indicated an apparent conflict between section
92.56 , Florida Statutes, and section
794.024 , Florida Statutes, in their treatment of judicial records identifying victims of sexual crimes....
...icle I , of the Florida Constitution. In further protecting the identity of crime victims in the act, the Legislature imposes criminal and civil liability for the disclosure or communication of information identifying the victim of a sexual crime. 4 Section 794.024 , Florida Statutes, provides: "A public employee or officer who has access to the photograph, name, or address of a person who is alleged to be the victim of an offense described in this chapter, chapter 800, s....
...While the apparent inconsistent treatment of information identifying the victim of a sexual offense in section
92.56 , Florida Statutes, and other parts of Florida law may create confusion, the handling of such information as confidential in Chapter 119 , Florida Statutes, 8 and the consequences imposed in sections
794.024 and
794.026 , Florida Statutes, for the mishandling of such information overwhelmingly leads me to conclude that the Legislature intended to make the identity of a victim of a sexual crime confidential in a court record or proceeding....
...agency or department created thereunder; counties, municipalities, and districts; and each constitutional officer, board, and commission, or entity created pursuant to law or this Constitution." 4 See ss. 6 and 7, Ch. 95-207, Laws of Fla., creating ss.
794.024 and
794.026 , Florida Statutes. 5 Section
794.024 (2), Fla. Stat., makes violation of s.
794.024 (1), Fla....
