Florida Statute 947.24 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 947
FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW; CONDITIONAL RELEASE; CONTROL RELEASE; PAROLE

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947.24 Discharge from parole supervision or release supervision.—

(1) When a person is placed on parole, control release, or conditional release, the commission shall determine the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision in the following manner:

(a) If the person is being paroled or released under supervision from a single or concurrent sentence, the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision may not exceed 2 years unless the commission designates a longer period of time, in which case it must advise the parolee or releasee in writing of the reasons for the extended period. In any event, the period of parole supervision or release supervision may not exceed the maximum period for which the person has been sentenced.

(b) If the person is being paroled or released under supervision from a consecutive sentence or sentences, the period of time the person will be under parole supervision or release supervision will be for the maximum period for which the person was sentenced.

(2) The commission shall review the progress of each person who has been placed on parole, control release, or conditional release after 2 years of supervision in the community and biennially thereafter. The department shall provide to the commission the information necessary to conduct such a review. Such review must include consideration of whether to modify the reporting schedule, thereby authorizing the person under parole supervision or release supervision to submit reports quarterly, semiannually, or annually. The commission, after having retained jurisdiction of a person for a sufficient length of time to evidence satisfactory rehabilitation and cooperation, may further modify the terms and conditions of the person’s parole, control release, or conditional release, may discharge the person from parole supervision or release supervision, may relieve the person from making further reports, or may permit the person to leave the state or country, upon finding that such action is in the best interests of the person and society.

(3) Upon the termination of an offender’s term of supervision, which is monitored by the commission, including, but not limited to, parole, the commission must notify the offender in writing of all outstanding terms at the time of termination to assist the offender in determining his or her status with regard to the completion of all terms of sentence, as that term is defined in s. 98.0751.

(4) This section does not affect the rights of a parolee to request modification of the terms and conditions of parole under s. 947.19.

History.—s. 18, ch. 20519, 1941; s. 1, ch. 63-83; s. 9, ch. 74-112; s. 256, ch. 77-104; s. 34, ch. 83-131; s. 4, ch. 85-107; s. 37, ch. 86-183; ss. 27, 67, ch. 88-122; s. 17, ch. 89-531; s. 20, ch. 90-337; s. 1, ch. 93-2; s. 10, ch. 93-61; s. 6, ch. 2001-124; s. 30, ch. 2019-162.

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Cases Citing Statute 947.24

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Turner v. Wainwright, 379 So. 2d 148 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...The Department is now designated the Department of Corrections. Chapter 78-53, Fla. Laws; Section 944.291, Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.). Section 944.291 was amended in 1978 to allow MCR supervision no longer than "2 years as determined by the Parole and Probation Commission." Chapter 78-223, Fla. Laws. [4] Section 947.24, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: In any event, the period of parole shall not exceed the maximum period for which the person has been sentenced....

...deem proper, remit fines and forfeitures, commute punishment and grant pardon after conviction, in all cases except treason and impeachment subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. [10] Section 947.24, Florida Statutes (1941) had provided that no parolee "shall be discharged ......

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Roach v. Mitchell, 456 So. 2d 963 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984).

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

...After incarceration in Polk County, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he contended that he was being illegally detained because his parole had expired in 1981. The court denied appellant's petition, and he appeals. Appellant's argument is predicated upon section 947.24, Florida Statutes (1979), which reads: 947.24 Discharge from parole....

...Appellant reasons that because he did not receive written or oral reasons for the extension of his parole, the commission lost jurisdiction to subsequently revoke his parole after the initial two years of supervision. We do not accept this contention. The plain language of section 947.24 clearly empowers the commission to determine the length of an individual's parole....

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Adlington v. Spooner, 743 So. 2d 1195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 14583, 1999 WL 993152

HAZOURI, J. Phillip Adlington appeals from an order which granted the Florida Parole Commission’s (FPC) motion to quash service and dismissed Adlington’s complaint against the FPC for fading to perform its statutory duty under section 947.24(2), Florida Statutes (1995)....

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State v. Tavel, 407 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 21857

agree with that conclusion and affirm. See Section 947.24, Florida Statutes (1977); Villery v. Florida

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