1999 Florida Code
TITLE XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 916 Mentally Deficient and Mentally Ill Defendants
PART II FORENSIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL (ss. 916.111-916.17)
916.14 Statute of limitations; former jeopardy.
916.14 Statute of limitations; former jeopardy.--The statute of limitations shall not be applicable to criminal charges dismissed because of the incompetency of the defendant to proceed. If a defendant is declared incompetent to proceed during trial and afterwards is declared competent to proceed, the defendant's other, uncompleted trial shall not constitute former jeopardy.
History.--s. 1, ch. 80-75; s. 1531, ch. 97-102; s. 17, ch. 98-92.
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