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House Bill 1451




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1451

        By Representatives Sindler and Crist






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to felonies arising from the

  3         use of destructive devices; amending s. 775.15,

  4         F.S, relating to time limitations upon

  5         prosecution; providing that prosecution for

  6         such felonies arising from use of a destructive

  7         device and resulting in personal injury may be

  8         commenced at any time; providing an effective

  9         date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 775.15, Florida

14  Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to read:

15         775.15  Time limitations.--

16         (1)  A prosecution for a capital felony, a life felony,

17  or a felony that resulted in a death may be commenced at any

18  time. A prosecution for a felony that resulted in injury to

19  any person, when such felony arises from the use of a

20  "destructive device," as defined in s. 790.001, may be

21  commenced at any time.  If the death penalty is held to be

22  unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court or the United

23  States Supreme Court, all crimes designated as capital

24  felonies shall be considered life felonies for the purposes of

25  this section, and prosecution for such crimes may be commenced

26  at any time.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law and shall apply to pending cases the prosecution of which

29  has not been barred prior to that date.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1451

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