Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure - 2023 Legislation
November 22, 2023397 So. 3d 613
Summary
The court adopted amendments to several Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure to implement 2023 statutory changes concerning competency treatment, commitment procedures, sentencing scoresheets, specified justice system personnel, and capital sentencing proceedings. The amendments require fuller consideration and documentation of alternative treatment options, shorten certain reporting deadlines, and update terminology and rule references; they became effective immediately. The court declined to adopt proposed grammatical revisions to one sentencing rule because those changes would be considered in a separate proceeding.