HB 615

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to substantial assistance; creating s.
3	921.186, F.S.; permitting the state attorney to request
4	the sentencing court to reduce or suspend the sentence of
5	a defendant who has been convicted of violating any felony
6	offense and who provides substantial assistance in the
7	identification, arrest, or conviction of any accomplice,
8	accessory, coconspirator, or principal of the defendant or
9	other felon; providing that the motion may be filed and
10	heard in camera for good cause shown; providing that a
11	judge may reduce or suspend the sentence if the judge
12	finds that the defendant rendered substantial assistance;
13	providing an effective date.
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15	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17	Section 1.  Section 921.186, Florida Statutes, is created
18	to read:
19	921.186  Substantial assistance.-Notwithstanding any other
20	law, the state attorney may move the sentencing court at any
21	time to reduce or suspend the sentence of any defendant who is
22	convicted of violating any felony offense and who provides
23	substantial assistance in the identification, arrest, or
24	conviction of any accomplice, accessory, coconspirator, or
25	principal of the defendant or of any other person engaged in
26	criminal activity that would constitute a felony. Upon good
27	cause shown, the motion may be filed and heard in camera. The
28	judge hearing the motion may reduce or suspend the sentence if
29	the judge finds that the defendant rendered such substantial
30	assistance.
31	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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