Bill Text: FL S0094 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Jury Composition

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Appropriations [S0094 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0094-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2014                               CS for SB 94
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Margolis
       
       
       
       
       
       590-01590-14                                            201494c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to jury composition; amending s.
    3         913.10, F.S.; requiring a 12-member jury for life
    4         felony cases; providing an effective date.
    5          
    6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    7  
    8         Section 1. Section 913.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    9  read:
   10         913.10 Number of jurors.—Twelve persons shall constitute a
   11  jury to try all capital and life felony cases, and six persons
   12  shall constitute a jury to try all other criminal cases.
   13         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.

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