In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure - 2025 Legislation

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida adopted amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.130 and 3.132 in response to legislation changing Florida's pretrial-detention framework. The amendments add a rebuttable presumption of substantial flight risk and mandatory pretrial detention when probable cause exists for a forcible felony and the defendant is an unauthorized alien, subject to rebuttal by a preponderance of the evidence. The amendments were adopted with slight modifications and became effective immediately, while allowing 75 days for post-adoption comments.