Florida Statutes Section 941.35 - Definition Of “fresh Pursuit.” (Fla. Stat. § 941.35)

941.35 Definition of “fresh pursuit.”—The term “fresh pursuit” as used in this law shall include fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also include the pursuit of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony, though no felony has actually been committed, if there is reasonable ground for believing that a felony has been committed. Fresh pursuit as used herein shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.

History.—s. 5, ch. 20461, 1941.

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