Florida State Attorneys

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Florida State Attorneys are elected local prosecutors in Florida’s judicial circuits responsible for investigating and prosecuting criminal offenses on behalf of the state.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Florida State Attorneys canonical 1
Florida state attorney system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elected prosecutor ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state-level legal official ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Florida ⓘ
appointedBy elected by popular vote ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
canBeSuspendedBy Governor of Florida ⓘ
constituency voters of the judicial circuit ⓘ
correspondsTo one office for each of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duty coordinate with law enforcement agencies ⓘ
decide whether to file criminal charges ⓘ
handle criminal appeals at the circuit level when authorized ⓘ
investigate criminal offenses ⓘ
negotiate plea agreements ⓘ
oversee assistant state attorneys and staff ⓘ
participate in sentencing recommendations ⓘ
present cases to grand juries when required ⓘ
prosecute criminal offenses ⓘ
protect public safety through criminal prosecution ⓘ
represent the State of Florida in criminal cases ⓘ
electedIn Florida ⓘ
electionType partisan election ⓘ
employer State of Florida ⓘ
governingLaw Florida Constitution ⓘ
Florida Statutes ⓘ
linked to: Florida statutes
handles certain traffic-related criminal offenses ⓘ
felony prosecutions ⓘ
juvenile delinquency prosecutions ⓘ
many misdemeanor prosecutions ⓘ
higherOfficeRelation separate from but complementary to the Florida Attorney General’s Office ⓘ
jurisdiction Florida judicial circuit ⓘ
legalSystem Florida criminal justice system ⓘ
location each office headquartered in the principal city of its circuit ⓘ
numberOfOffices 20 ⓘ
oversees Assistant State Attorneys ⓘ
administrative staff ⓘ
investigators ⓘ
victim advocates ⓘ
power discretion to file or decline charges ⓘ
discretion to offer plea bargains ⓘ
subpoena witnesses and evidence through the court ⓘ
reElection may be re-elected without term limits ⓘ
role chief prosecuting officer of a Florida judicial circuit ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
worksWith Florida Attorney General ⓘ
Florida Department of Law Enforcement ⓘ
county sheriffs ⓘ
municipal police departments ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Statewide Prosecution → collaboratesWith → Florida State Attorneys ⓘ
State Attorney for Miami-Dade County → partOf → Florida state attorney system ⓘ
linked to: Florida State Attorneys