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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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F.S. 90.105
90.105 Preliminary questions.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the court shall determine preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence of a privilege, or the admissibility of evidence.
(2) When the relevancy of evidence depends upon the existence of a preliminary fact, the court shall admit the proffered evidence when there is prima facie evidence sufficient to support a finding of the preliminary fact. If prima facie evidence is not introduced to support a finding of the preliminary fact, the court may admit the proffered evidence subject to the subsequent introduction of prima facie evidence of the preliminary fact.
(3) Hearings on the admissibility of confessions shall be conducted out of the hearing of the jury. Hearings on other preliminary matters shall be similarly conducted when the interests of justice require or when an accused is a witness, if he or she so requests.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 471, ch. 95-147.

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Amendments to 90.105


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 90.105
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 90.105.



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ROOP, DOC v. STATE, 228 So. 3d 633 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . the admission of an excited utterance, the procedures for preliminary questions outlined in section 90.105 . . .

LIVINGSTON, v. STATE, 219 So. 3d 911 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (2013); Morrison v. . . . Section 90.105(1) “imposes the responsibility of determining preliminary questions as to the admissibility . . .

ALLEN, v. STATE, 157 So. 3d 540 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . statement as an excited utterance is a preliminary fact for the court to determine pursuant to Section 90.105 . . .

CITIZENS FOR APPROPRIATE RURAL ROADS, INC. v. FOXX,, 14 F. Supp. 3d 1217 (S.D. Ind. 2014)

. . . . § 90.105(b). . . .

R. McDADE, v. STATE, 114 So. 3d 465 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . to suppress, but it was actually a preliminary hearing that should have been conducted under section 90.105 . . .

JOHNSON, v. STATE, 108 So. 3d 707 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . fact to be determined by the trial judge based on a preponderance of the evidence, pursuant to section 90.105 . . . offer no analysis or authority to support such a proposition, which is clearly contrary to section 90.105 . . .

SHORTER, v. STATE, 98 So. 3d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . . § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, v. BUITRAGO, 100 So. 3d 85 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . determine preliminary questions concerning the admissibility of the recommendation pursuant to section 90.105 . . .

A. REEVES, v. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N. A. N. A. LP, 846 F. Supp. 2d 1149 (D. Or. 2012)

. . . . § 90.105. Plaintiff has not alleged the property at issue is subject to Chapter 90. . . .

PARTIN, v. STATE, 82 So. 3d 31 (Fla. 2011)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (2002); Charles W. . . .

MONCUS II, v. STATE, 69 So. 3d 341 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . . § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .

AGROFOLLAJES, S. A. v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS COMPANY, INC., 48 So. 3d 976 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . Consistent with section 90.105, Florida Statutes (2001), it was the plaintiffs’ burden to prove outside . . .

STATE v. R. HAMPTON,, 44 So. 3d 661 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . falls within the category of conditional relevancy and is governed by the procedure set forth in § 90.105 . . .

BOWERS, v. STATE, 23 So. 3d 767 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . Section 90.105(1), Florida Statutes (2008), is similar to federal rule 104(a) but omits the one sentence . . . Section 90.105(1) provides that "[e]xcept as provided in subsection (2), the court shall determine preliminary . . .

TENGBERGEN, v. STATE, 9 So. 3d 729 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . form of an opinion, two preliminary factual determinations must be made by the court under section 90.105 . . .

THIGPEN, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, INC., 990 So. 2d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . See § 90.105, Fla. Stat. . . .

COX, v. STATE W. v. R., 966 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 2007)

. . . form of an opinion, two preliminary factual determinations must be made by the court under section 90.105 . . .

ESSEX, v. STATE, 958 So. 2d 431 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . former testimony is a preliminary question “concerning ... the admissibility of evidence” under section 90.105 . . .

R. MARIANO, Jr. v. STATE, 933 So. 2d 111 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . the statement as an excited utterance is a preliminary fact for the court to determine pursuant to § 90.105 . . .

TUCKER, v. STATE, 884 So. 2d 168 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . the admission of an excited utterance, the procedures for preliminary questions outlined in section 90.105 . . . This is not a situation of conditional relevance governed by section 90.105(2), Florida Statutes (2002 . . . 107 S.Ct. 2775, 97 L.Ed.2d 144 (1987) (holding Federal Rule of Evidence 104(a), upon which section 90.105 . . .

HUCK, v. STATE, 881 So. 2d 1137 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . on facts outside the ordinary experience of the jury and were, therefore, admissible under section 90.105 . . . may render an opinion, two preliminary factual determinations must be made by the court under section 90.105 . . . Here, both requirements of section 90.105 were fully satisfied with respect to the testimony of the medical . . .

ANDERSON, Jr. v. STATE, 863 So. 2d 169 (Fla. 2003)

. . . form of an opinion, two preliminaiy factual determinations must be made by the court under section 90.105 . . .

L. ARNETT, v. STATE, 843 So. 2d 340 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . must make a preliminary factual determination of the admissibility of evidence pursuant to section 90.105 . . .

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, v. J. TURNEY,, 824 So. 2d 172 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. . . . ’s interpretation of Rule 104(a) is persuasive authority as to the proper interpretation of section 90.105 . . .

WESTERHEIDE, v. STATE, 767 So. 2d 637 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (1999). . . .

SUAREZ- BURGOS, v. MORHAIM,, 745 So. 2d 368 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See §§ 90.104(2); 90.105, Fla.Stat. (1997). . . .

GEORGES, v. STATE, 723 So. 2d 399 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .

STATE v. A. ELLIS,, 723 So. 2d 187 (Fla. 1998)

. . . .%., § 90.105(1), Fla. . . . .”); § 90.105(3), Fla. . . .

AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY R. J. RJR USA, v. STATE M. Jr. Co., 697 So. 2d 1249 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . See § 90.105(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . . Section 90.105(1) provides that it is the trial court which determines preliminary issues, including . . . In Bourjaily, analyzing Federal Rule of Evidence 104(a) (on which our Rule 90.105(1) is patterned), Chief . . . proof of the crime-fraud exception have discussed Rule 104(a), the federal counterpart of our Rule 90.105 . . .

M. PIERCE, v. STATE, 718 So. 2d 806 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . As a preliminary fact, pursuant to section 90.105, Florida Statutes (1995) (substantively identical to . . .

PERRY, v. STATE, 675 So. 2d 976 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . See generally, § 90.105, Florida Statutes. . . .

M. PIERCE, v. STATE, 671 So. 2d 186 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . As a preliminary fact, pursuant to section 90.105, Florida Statutes (1991), the trial court found that . . .

TERRY, v. STATE, 668 So. 2d 954 (Fla. 1996)

. . . form of an opinion, two preliminary factual determinations must be made by the court under section 90.105 . . .

A. VAN DEN BORRE, v. STATE, 596 So. 2d 687 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . See § 90.105(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). . . .

PHILLIPS, v. STATE, 591 So. 2d 987 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . wherein the United States Supreme Court viewed the issue under Federal Rule 104(b)— similar to section 90.105 . . .

DEMPSEY, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, a J., 589 So. 2d 373 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . Section 90.105 states that the trial court shall determine preliminary questions concerning the admissibility . . .

HUFFSTUTLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 48 Fla. Supp. 2d 39 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . Florida Statute 90.105 provides “(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the court shall determine . . . It is reasonable to conclude when reading Florida Statute 90.702 and Florida Statute 90.105 in pari materia . . .

DONALDSON, v. STATE, 561 So. 2d 648 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . . § 90.105 Fla. Stat. (1987). . . .

TULLIS, v. STATE, 556 So. 2d 1165 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . .; see §§ 90.105(2), 90.702, Fla. Stat. (1987). See generally Holsworth v. . . .

BROCK v. G. D. SEARLE CO., 530 So. 2d 428 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Citing section 90.105(2), Florida Statutes, Searle requested the trial court to exercise its discretion . . . Section 90.105(2) provides: When the relevancy of evidence depends upon the existence of a preliminary . . .

LEONARD BROS. INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS Co. v. BURKE COMPANY,, 529 So. 2d 779 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Corp., 368 So.2d 91, 92 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); § 90.105(2) law revision council note, Fla.Stat.Ann. (1979 . . .

ROMANI, M. D. v. STATE, 528 So. 2d 15 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . State, 421 So.2d 725 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), concluded that Florida Evidence Code section 90.105(1) was . . . The fourth district, in Saavedra, recognized that section 90.105(1) is patterned after Federal Evidence . . . authority to the contrary, we find the commentators’ arguments to be persuasive in construing section 90.105 . . . Section 90.105(1) provides in pertinent part that: "the court shall determine preliminary questions concerning . . .

ALVAREZ, v. LA ASSOCIACION I. N. E. D. INC. d b a I. N. E. D., 524 So. 2d 502 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Morris, 143 Fla. 189, 196 So. 472 (1940); § 90.105(1), Fla.Stat. (1987); 4 Fla.Jur.2d Evidence and Witnesses . . .

GOLDSTEIN, v. STATE, 447 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . See sections 90.105 and 90.603(2), Florida Statutes (1981). . . .

D. BOYD, v. STATE, 389 So. 2d 642 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . Chapter 90, Florida Statutes, 1979) is similar to the Federal Rules of Evidence in many respects; Section 90.105 . . .