Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130(a) requires that every arrested person be taken before a judge within 24 hours of arrest. What changed in 2024 is what happens at and before that hearing. Florida Statute 903.011, created by chapter 2023-27, put a uniform statewide bond schedule in place and barred...
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