eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 924.07. Appeal by state.  


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  • 1(1) 2The state may appeal from:
    7(a) 8An order dismissing an indictment or information or any count thereof or dismissing an affidavit charging the commission of a criminal offense, the violation of probation, the violation of community control, or the violation of any supervised correctional release.
    47(b) 48An order granting a new trial.
    54(c) 55An order arresting judgment.
    59(d) 60A ruling on a question of law when the defendant is convicted and appeals from the judgment. Once the state’s cross-appeal is instituted, the appellate court shall review and rule upon the question raised by the state regardless of the disposition of the defendant’s appeal.
    105(e) 106The sentence, on the ground that it is illegal.
    115(f) 116A judgment discharging a prisoner on habeas corpus.
    124(g) 125An order adjudicating a defendant insane under the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.
    138(h) 139All other pretrial orders, except that it may not take more than one appeal under this subsection in any case.
    159(i) 160A sentence imposed below the lowest permissible sentence established by the Criminal Punishment Code under chapter 921.
    177(j) 178A ruling granting a motion for judgment of acquittal after a jury verdict.
    191(k) 192An order denying restitution under s. 198775.089199.
    200(l) 201An order or ruling suppressing evidence or evidence in limine at trial.
    213(m) 214An order withholding adjudication of guilt in violation of s. 224775.08435225.
    226(2) 227An appeal under this section must embody all assignments of error in each pretrial order that the state seeks to have reviewed. The state shall pay all costs of the appeal except for the defendant’s attorney’s fee.
History.-s. 286, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(296); s. 1, ch. 69-15; s. 148, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 83-87; s. 46, ch. 87-243; s. 1, ch. 90-239; s. 14, ch. 93-37; s. 7, ch. 93-406; s. 7, ch. 96-248; s. 28, ch. 97-194; s. 14, ch. 98-204; s. 2, ch. 2004-60.

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