Florida Statute 918.0155 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 918
CONDUCT OF TRIAL

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918.0155 Expeditious disposition of particular criminal cases involving a child under age 16.—Every criminal case prosecuted under chapter 782, chapter 784, chapter 787, chapter 794, chapter 796, chapter 800, chapter 827, or chapter 847 which involves the abuse of a child or unlawful sexual contact or acts performed in the presence of, with, or upon a child under the age of 16 shall be heard and disposed of as expeditiously as possible.

History.—s. 1, ch. 85-53; s. 23, ch. 2010-117.

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Floyd v. Bentley, 496 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

Cited 14 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2111

...t claim a constitutional right to a jury trial. Rather, he maintains that the legislature, by enacting chapter 86-115, Laws of Florida, has provided a statutory right to a jury in criminal contempt proceedings. The statute in question, which creates section 918.0155 Florida Statutes (1986) (tentatively renumbered as 918.0157), provides as follows: Right to trial by jury....

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