Bill Text: FL S0962 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Juries for Criminal Cases

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0962 Detail]

Download: Florida-2017-S0962-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 962
       
       
        
       By Senator Bracy
       
       
       
       
       
       11-01296-17                                            2017962__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to juries for criminal cases; amending
    3         s. 913.10, F.S.; requiring 12-person jury trials for
    4         all life 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, 2017.