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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 905
GRAND JURY
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905.26 Not to disclose finding of indictment.Unless ordered by the court, a grand juror, reporter, stenographer, interpreter, or officer of the court shall not disclose that an indictment for a felony has been found against a person not in custody or under recognizance, except by issuing or executing process on the indictment, until the person has been arrested.
History.s. 105, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(105); s. 65, ch. 70-339.

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Cases Citing Statute 905.26

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Bludworth v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., 476 So. 2d 775 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985).

Cited 30 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2360, 12 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1264, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16311

...dentity of a person arrested or of a crime victim (except of sexual battery or child abuse), the crime charged, documents given or required by law or agency rule to be given to the arrested person, and informations and indictments unless excepted by section 905.26, Florida Statutes (which affects indictments of persons not in custody nor on recognizance)....
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Morgan v. State, 337 So. 2d 951 (Fla. 1976).

Cited 30 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2589

...Secrecy in the work of the grand jury is more than a tradition, however. Grand jury secrecy serves several specific governmental purposes. When a grand jury investigation culminates in indictment, the indictment is customarily sealed until the arrest of the accused can be effected. See Section 905.26, Florida Statutes (1975)....
...05.24); testimony in court by a grand juror as to the vote of jurors or opinions expressed by them (Section 905.25); disclosure of the finding of an indictment by anyone privy to the grand jury proceedings prior to the arrest of the person indicted (Section 905.26); disclosure of testimony of any witness examined before the grand jury or other evidence received by it (Section 905.27); and publication of the report or presentment (Section 905.28)....
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In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1992 WL 246494

...Stat.) Vagueness remains concerning the significance of the signature, however. Since the prosecuting attorney cannot be present while the grand jury is deliberating or voting (see section 905.17, Florida Statutes) and has no voice in the decision of whether an indictment is found (see section 905.26, Florida Statutes), a logical question arises concerning the necessity for the prosecuting attorney's signature on the indictment....

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