Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure

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The Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure are a comprehensive set of court rules that regulate how criminal cases are processed and adjudicated in Florida’s state courts.

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Surface form Occurrences
Fla. R. Crim. P. 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of procedural law
court rules
rules of criminal procedure
appliesTo Florida courts
surface form: Florida state courts

criminal cases
appliesToParties criminal defendants in Florida state courts
defense attorneys in Florida criminal cases
judges in Florida criminal courts
prosecutors in Florida criminal cases
basedOn Constitution of Florida
surface form: Florida Constitution
bindingOn Florida appellate courts in criminal matters
Florida trial courts
citationFormat Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fla. R. Crim. P.
contains forms for criminal procedure
rules on appeals in criminal cases
rules on arraignment
rules on arrest procedures
rules on bail and pretrial release
rules on discovery in criminal cases
rules on extradition within Florida courts
rules on first appearance
rules on jury selection in criminal cases
rules on mental competency in criminal cases
rules on motions to suppress evidence
rules on pleas
rules on post-trial motions in criminal cases
rules on postconviction relief
rules on pretrial motions
rules on probation and community control violations
rules on search and seizure motions
rules on sentencing procedure
rules on speedy trial
rules on trial procedure
distinctFrom Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
governs adjudication of criminal cases in Florida state courts
postconviction criminal procedure in Florida state courts
pretrial criminal procedure in Florida state courts
processing of criminal cases in Florida state courts
trial criminal procedure in Florida state courts
jurisdiction Florida
surface form: State of Florida
language English
legalDomain criminal procedure
legalSystem Florida law
promulgatedBy Florida Supreme Court
surface form: Supreme Court of Florida
purpose to ensure fair and orderly administration of criminal justice in Florida courts
scope state-level criminal proceedings
subjectTo amendment by the Supreme Court of Florida
supplements Florida statutes
surface form: Florida Statutes

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Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure citationFormat Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fla. R. Crim. P.
Florida Supreme Court governs Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure