The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 942
INTERSTATE EXTRADITION OF WITNESSES

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F.S. 942.03

942.03 Witness from another state summoned to testify in this state.—

(1) If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this state, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this state, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his or her attendance in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.

(2) If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state, the witness shall be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending, and $5 for each day that he or she is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this state a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, the witness shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this state.

History.—s. 3, ch. 20458, 1941; s. 1626, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 942.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 942.03

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 942.03.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

A. ULLOA, v. CMI, INC., 133 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Specifically, section 942.03 of Florida’s Uniform Law provides the authority for a witness from another . . . Pursuant to section 942.03(1), in order to summon an out-of-state witness to appear and testify in a . . . assert that the out-of-state individual is a “material witness” in a pending Florida prosecution. § 942.03 . . . Instead, under section 942.03(1), the Florida court merely issues a certificate to the sister state court . . .

METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. v. STATE, 120 So. 3d 1271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See § 942.03, Fla. Stat. (2013). . . .

In BARNWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL,, 491 B.R. 408 (Bankr. D.S.C. 2013)

. . . Sommer, Collier on Bankruptcy § 942.03 (16th ed. 2013) (“[A] bankruptcy court has sufficient authority . . .

CMI, INC. v. A. ULLOA,, 73 So. 3d 787 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . . § 942.03(1). . . .

STATE v. BASTOS, 985 So. 2d 37 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . question is: If so, is the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000 “material” within the meaning of § 942.03 . . . attendance of a material witness from another state in a pending prosecution or grand jury investigation. § 942.03 . . . “[I]s the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000 ‘material’ within the meaning of § 942.03?” A. . . . At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Edward Newman granted certification under section 942.03, Florida . . . sets forth the procedure to compel a witness from another state to appear and testify in this state. § 942.03 . . .

CORONA, v. STATE, 929 So. 2d 588 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . See § 942.03, Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .

ROBERTS, v. STATE, 840 So. 2d 962 (Fla. 2002)

. . . The State objected, arguing that section 942.03(1), Florida Statutes (1997), which governs out-of-state . . . The State asserts that postconviction proceedings are civil and thus not covered by section 942.03(1) . . .

In METCO MINING AND MINERALS, INC. METCO MINING AND MINERALS, INC. v. PBS COALS, INC., 171 B.R. 210 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 1994)

. . . (hereinafter “PBS”) at Adversary No. 93-2356-BM in which it seeks to recover the sum of $81,-942.03 for . . .

STATE v. M. SELLS,, 582 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . Inciarrano, 473 So.2d 1272 (Fla.1985), for the principle that section 942.03 protects only those communications . . .

ZATZ, v. HERTZ, NEUMARK WARNER, a S. F. C. Co. a, 262 F. Supp. 928 (S.D.N.Y. 1966)

. . . account through Hertz; that on April 5 and April 6, 1966, Hertz purchased securities for the sum of $96,-942.03 . . .