Florida Statute 941.04 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 941
CORRECTIONS: INTERSTATE COOPERATION

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941.04 Governor may investigate case.—When a demand shall be made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Department of Legal Affairs or any prosecuting officer in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him or her the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether the person ought to be surrendered.

History.—s. 4, ch. 20460, 1941; ss. 11, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1597, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 941.04

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State v. Cox, 306 So. 2d 156 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...It follows that we must hold that the considerations which prompted the trial court to grant relief were legally irrelevant. While we are not unmindful of the equities favoring the appellee, these are matters which may be more appropriately tendered to the governor. See Fla. Stat. § 941.04 (1973); Ex parte Kentucky v....

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Zile v. State, 710 So. 2d 729 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 250710

...441, 92 S.Ct. 1653, 32 L.Ed.2d 212 (1972). However, the privilege against self-incrimination does not deprive the state of the authority to compel statements that may be incriminating, as long as the state grants immunity. Id. at 448, 92 S.Ct. at 1658. Section 941.04, Florida Statute provides: Witnesses; person not excused from testifying or producing evidence in certain prosecutions on ground testimony might incriminate him; use of testimony given or evidence produced: No person who has been duly served with a subpoena ......

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Moore v. State, 407 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...o overcome the state's prima facie showing of the propriety of extradition. State ex rel. Sklaroff v. Purdy, supra . For the foregoing reasons, we affirm. NOTES [1] The appellant urges that the governor of the rendition state has the authority under Section 941.04, Florida Statutes (1979) to make an investigation into a case....

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Freeman v. Blackburn, 92 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 1957).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

appellant and on March 16, 1956, a hearing under Section 941.04, Flor*263ida Statutes, F.S.A., was conducted