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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 918
CONDUCT OF TRIAL
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F.S. 918.0157
918.0157 Right to trial by jury.In each prosecution for a violation of a state law or a municipal or county ordinance punishable by imprisonment, the defendant shall have, upon demand, the right to a trial by an impartial jury in the county where the offense was committed, except as to any such prosecution for a violation punishable for a term of imprisonment of 6 months or less, if at the time the case is set for trial the court announces that in the event of conviction of the crime as charged or of any lesser included offense a sentence of imprisonment will not be imposed and the defendant will not be adjudicated guilty, unless a right to trial by jury for such offense is guaranteed under the State or Federal Constitution.
History.s. 1, ch. 86-115.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 918.0157
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 918.0157.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HARRIS, a k a v. STATE, 773 So. 2d 627 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . In addition, section 918.0157 provides that a defendant is entitled to a jury trial “except as to any . . . State, 744 So.2d 573, 575 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), the second district held that pursuant to section 918.0157 . . .

BLANKENBAKER, v. STATE, 744 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Based on that order, and in accordance with section 918.0157, Florida Statutes (1997), the county court . . . Procedure 9.160: WHEN A COUNTY COURT DENIED A DEFENDANT HIS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 918.0157 . . . a right to trial by jury for such offense is guaranteed under the State or Federal Constitution. § 918.0157 . . .

WEBER, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE,, 675 So. 2d 696 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . reasoned that because the concept of withholding adjudication was a concept “alien to common law,” section 918.0157 . . . Under section 918.0157, a defendant being prosecuted for a violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance . . .

FLOYD, v. E. BENTLEY,, 496 So. 2d 862 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . statute in question, which creates section 918.0155 Florida Statutes (1986) (tentatively renumbered as 918.0157 . . .