CopyCited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...tio." E.g., Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison,
296 So.2d 473, 477 (Fla. 1974). The Commission's orders revoking the release status of the other petitioners were similarly void. We have considered Judge Booth's dissenting view that the 1978 amendment to Section
947.06, forbidding any grant of parole except by majority vote of the Commission "in a meeting to which the public shall have the right to be present," implies a legislative exemption from Section
286.011, and permission to meet privately, when the Commission meets to deny or revoke parole. The Commission does not suggest such a construction of the 1978 act; and we think it inappropriate and, in any event, foreclosed by the further amendment to Section
947.06 in 1979: All matters relating to the granting, denying, or revoking of parole shall be decided in a meeting at which the public shall have the right to be present....
...he Commission. The Legislature's reaction to the dicta in the Thomas decision was a prompt repudiation. The major revision of Chapter 947, reported out of Committee three days prior to the Thomas decision was, after Thomas, recalled to Committee and § 947.06 was amended, effective June, 1978, to add the last two sentences (underscored) pertinent here, as follows: [5] "Meeting; when commission may act....
...Persons not members or employees of the commission may participate in deliberations concerning the granting and revoking of paroles only upon the prior written approval of the chairman of the commission." (e.s.) Effective May 11, 1979, the Legislature further amended Florida Statutes, § 947.06 (Chapter 79-42, Laws of Florida), to read as follows: "Meeting; when commission may act....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13438, 2015 WL 5559801
...to the Commission notice of
objection to parole release, if the judge objects to such release."
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23-21.015. Effective Parole Release Date Interview Procedure
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pursuant to section 947.06,8 the Commission determined that Mr....
...[T]he Commission shall determine whether the
inmate meets the criteria for parole release under the
provisions of Section
947.18, F.S. This determination is to be
based upon a review of the entire official record in the
inmate's case.
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947.06....
CopyPublished | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39210, 2008 WL 2073910
...Nor is there any record of the July 9, 2003 Commission "meeting" at which the Commission decided to revoke Petitioner's release, nor information as to who, if anyone, was present or offered any statements at that meeting. See Ex. I; Response at 2, ¶ 4; Fla. Stat. § 947.06 (prescribing procedures and business for Commission meetings)....
