CopyCited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 246494
...s, and misunderstanding may be fostered by such procedure. (f) Endorsement and Signature; Indictment. The requirement that the indictment be endorsed "A true bill" and be signed by the foreman or acting foreman of the grand jury presently appears in section 905.23, Florida Statutes....
CopyCited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1596
...n, Section 10, Declaration of Rights and Section 28, Article V, F.S.A., and the Federal Constitution, Fifth Amendment, require that any one tried for a capital crime or other felony must be first charged by presentment or indictment of a grand jury. Section 905.23, F.S.A., requires that indictments shall be found on concurrence of twelve members of the grand jury and shall be signed by the State Attorney or Acting State Attorney....
...atever. It would in effect vest sovereign power in private citizens with carte blanche to go out and prosecute whom they please. We can think of nothing more demoralizing to the administration of the criminal law. We have heretofore pointed out that Section 905.23, F.S.A., requires that all indictments should be signed by the State Attorney or the acting State Attorney....
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5702
...At the bottom of the front side of the instrument there appears the signature of the state attorney, certifying that he has advised the Grand Jury as required by law. On the reverse side of the indictment there appears, inter alia: “INDICTMENT For Rape Found Spring Term, A.D., 1968 A TRUE BILL Robert Loftus Foreman.” Section 905.23, F.S.1967, F.S.A., provides in part: “An indictment shall not be found without the concurrence of twelve grand jurors....
...materially affect any substantial right of the defendant; and that it neither assures to him nor prevents him from having a fair trial.’ ” In Riley v. Commonwealth, 1944, 298 Ky. 687 , 183 S.W.2d 958 , construing a statute virtually identical to Section 905.23, F.S....
