1998 Florida Code
TITLE XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 902 Preliminary Hearings
902.15 Undertaking by witness.
902.15 Undertaking by witness.--When a defendant is held to answer on a charge for a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment, the magistrate at the preliminary hearing may require each material witness to enter into a written recognizance to appear at the trial or forfeit a sum fixed by the magistrate. Additional security may be required in the discretion of the magistrate.
History.--ss. 39, 40, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(39), (40); s. 16, ch. 70-339.
Note.--Former s. 902.16.
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