§ 27.7045, Fla. Stat. · Part IV. CAPITAL COLLATERAL REPRESENTATION
Capital case proceedings; constitutionally deficient representation.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an attorney employed by the state or appointed pursuant to s. 27.711 may not represent a person charged with a capital offense at trial or on direct appeal or a person sentenced to death in a postconviction proceeding if, in two separate instances, a court, in a capital postconviction proceeding, determined that such attorney provided constitutionally deficient representation and relief was granted as a result. This prohibition on representation shall be for a period of 5 years, which commences at the time relief is granted after the highest court having jurisdiction to review the deficient representation determination has issued its final order affirming the second such determination.
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History
s. 7, ch. 2013-216; s. 1, ch. 2016-10.
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