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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 922
Execution
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922.095  Grounds for death warrant.--A person who is convicted and sentenced to death must pursue all possible collateral remedies in state and federal court in a timely manner. If any court refuses to grant relief in a collateral postconviction proceeding, the convicted person has 90 days in which to seek further collateral review. Failure to seek further collateral review within the 90-day period constitutes grounds for issuance of a death warrant under 1s. 922.09 or s. 922.14.

History.--s. 7, ch. 96-290.

1Note.--Transferred to s. 922.052 by s. 1, ch. 96-213.