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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 905
GRAND JURY
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F.S. 905.19
905.19 Duty of state attorney.The state attorney or an assistant state attorney shall attend sessions of the grand jury to examine witnesses and give legal advice about any matter cognizable by the grand jury. The state attorney may designate one or more assistant state attorneys to accompany and assist the state attorney in the performance of her or his duties, or the state attorney may designate one or more assistant state attorneys to attend sessions, examine witnesses, and give legal advice to the grand jury. The state attorney or an assistant state attorney shall draft indictments.
History.s. 98, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(98); s. 57, ch. 70-339; s. 3, ch. 74-627; s. 1499, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 905.19
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 905.19.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

MILLER, v. STATE, 42 So. 3d 204 (Fla. 2010)

. . . See § 905.19, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992)

. . . (See §§ 905.16, 905.17, 905.19, 905.22, 27.-02, 27.16, 27.21, & 27.22, Fla.Stat.) . . .

STATE v. HILLMAN,, 390 So. 2d 814 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . . § 905.19, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . . . . § 905.19, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

R. WHEELER, v. STATE, 311 So. 2d 713 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . based upon the construction the District Court of Appeal, First District, placed upon §§ 905.17 and 905.19 . . . However, the Supreme Court rejected that interpretation of §§ 905.17 and 905.19, F.S.1973, and held that . . .

A. RUDD C. v. STATE T. CHRISTIAN,, 310 So. 2d 295 (Fla. 1975)

. . . .-17(1) and 905.19, F.S.A., and 2. . . . Fla.Stat. § 905.19, F.S.A., provides as follows: “The state attorney or an assistant state attorney shall . . . Florida Statute 905.19 also employs the conjunction ‘or’ and the article ‘an’. . . . jurors legal advice regarding the offense lodged against the appellant contrary to F.S.A. §§ 905.17 and 905.19 . . . (pp. 317, 318) We hold that Fla.Stat. §§ 905.-17(1) and 905.19, F.S.A., authorized the presence of the . . .

STATE T. CHRISTIAN, v. A. RUDD C., 302 So. 2d 821 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

. . . conducted the interrogation of Petitioner before the Grand Jury in violation of F.S. 905.17(1) and F.S. 905.19 . . . Florida Statute 905.19 also employs the conjunction “or” and the article “an”. . . . The court, in its opinion, found the above procedure not violative of Florida Statutes 905.17 and 905.19 . . . — Strike "or" and in lieu thereof insert "and". 4. 905.19 — Strike “an". 5. 905.19 — Strike "attorney . . . " and in lieu thereof insert "attorneys". 6. 905.19' — Strike "shall" and in lieu thereof insert "may . . .

DOTTY, v. STATE, 197 So. 2d 315 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

. . . . §§ 905.17 and 905.19. . . . that the word attorney is in the singular and not plural and also proffers for determination F.S.A. § 905.19 . . . Florida Statute 905.19 confers authority for the prosecuting attorney to attend all sessions of the grand . . . To give effect to the evident legislative intent in construing F.S.A. §§ 905.17 and 905.19 we construe . . . F.S.A. § 905.19 “Duty of prosecuting attorney. . . .

In FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 196 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1967)

. . . (See sec’s 905.16, 905.17, 905.19, 905.22, 27.02, 27.16, 27.21 & 27.22 FS.) . . .