Florida Statutes Part IV - Capital Collateral Representation (Ss. 27.7001-27.715)

• 27.7001 - Legislative Intent And Findings.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to create part IV of this chapter, consisting of ss. 27.7001-27.711, inclusive, to provide for the collateral representation...
• 27.7002 - Limitation On Collateral Representation; Lawyer Disqualification; Use Of State Funds For Excess Fees Not Authorized.
  (1) This chapter does not create any right on behalf of any person, provided counsel pursuant to any provision of this chapter, to challenge in any...
• 27.701 - Capital Collateral Regional Counsel.
  There are created three regional offices of capital collateral counsel, which shall be located in a northern, middle, and southern region of the state. The...
• 27.702 - Duties Of The Capital Collateral Regional Counsel; Reports.
  (1) The capital collateral regional counsel shall represent each person convicted and sentenced to death in this state for the sole purpose of instituting and prosecuting...
• 27.703 - Conflict Of Interest And Substitute Counsel.
  (1) The capital collateral regional counsel shall not accept an appointment or take any other action that will create an actual conflict of interest. If, at...
• 27.704 - Appointment Of Assistants And Other Staff.
  Each capital collateral regional counsel may:(1) Appoint, employ, and establish, in such numbers as he or she determines, full-time or part-time assistant counsel, investigators, and other...
• 27.7045 - Capital Case Proceedings; Constitutionally Deficient Representation.
  Notwithstanding another provision of law, an attorney employed by the state or appointed pursuant to s. 27.711 may not represent a person charged with a...
• 27.705 - Salaries Of Capital Collateral Regional Counsel And Assistant Capital Collateral Counsel.
  (1) Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be paid a salary by the state, which shall be as provided in the General Appropriations Act and shall...
• 27.706 - Private Practice Of Law Prohibited.
  Each capital collateral regional counsel and all full-time assistants appointed by him or her shall serve on a full-time basis and may not engage in...
• 27.707 - Investigators; Service Of Process.
  Each investigator employed by the capital collateral regional counsel has full authority to serve any subpoena or court order issued by any court or judge...
• 27.708 - Access To Prisoners; Compliance With The Florida Rules Of Criminal Procedure; Records Requests.
  (1) Each capital collateral regional counsel and his or her assistants may inquire of all persons sentenced to death who are incarcerated and tender them advice...
• 27.7081 - Capital Postconviction Public Records Production.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Agency” has the same meaning as provided in s. 119.011.(b) “Collateral counsel” means a capital collateral regional counsel from one...
• 27.7091 - Legislative Recommendations To Supreme Court; Postconviction Proceedings; Pro Bono Service Credit.
  In the interest of promoting justice and integrity with respect to capital collateral representation, the Legislature recommends that the Supreme Court:(1) Adopt by rule the provisions...
• 27.710 - Registry Of Attorneys Applying To Represent Persons In Postconviction Capital Collateral Proceedings; Certification Of Minimum Requirements; Appointment By Trial Court.
  (1) The executive director of the Justice Administrative Commission shall compile and maintain a statewide registry of attorneys in private practice who have certified that they...
• 27.711 - Terms And Conditions Of Appointment Of Attorneys As Counsel In Postconviction Capital Collateral Proceedings.
  (1) As used in s. 27.710 and this section, the term:(a) “Capital defendant” means the person who is represented in postconviction capital collateral proceedings by an attorney...
• 27.715 - Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund.
  The Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund is created within the Justice Administrative Commission. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall be used for the...

Last modified: September 23, 2016