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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 907
PROCEDURE AFTER ARREST
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F.S. 907.045
907.045 Habeas corpus; motion to dismiss; preliminary hearing.A defendant who is in custody when an indictment, information, or affidavit on which she or he can be tried is filed may apply for a writ of habeas corpus attacking the indictment, information, or affidavit, or the defendant may move to dismiss the indictment, information, or affidavit. A defendant who has been confined for 30 days after her or his arrest without a trial shall be allowed a preliminary hearing upon application.
History.s. 140, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(147); s. 1, ch. 26767, 1951; s. 69, ch. 70-339; s. 1509, ch. 97-102.
Note.Former s. 909.04.