The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . considered whether there had been • a “traffic crash” within the meaning of a different statute, section 316.645 . . .
. . . not rely on the traffic-accident exception to the warrant-less arrest rule, as provided in section 316.645 . . . acknowledged that no Florida appellate court had defined the term “traffic crash,” as used in section 316.645 . . .
. . . State, 690 So.2d 706, 708 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (citing §§ 316.645, 901.15(1), Fla. . . .
. . . Section 316.645 of the Florida Statutes (1995), appropriately entitled “Arrest authority of officer at . . . any offense under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 322 in connection with the accident. § 316.645 . . .
. . . Additionally, pursuant to section 316.645, Florida Statutes (1993), when an officer is investigating . . .
. . . Chapter 316.645, to arrest the driver based on reasonable grounds that the driver committed a traffic . . . Therefore, Officer Fitchett’s authority to arrest the Defendant under Florida Statute 316.645 is at best . . . S. 316.645 does not authorize an arrest by an officer who has not made an investigation at the scene . . .
. . . Florida Statute § 316.645 provides: “ARREST AUTHORITY OF OFFICER AT SCENE OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT — A policy . . . from Ross v State, 215 So.2d 33 (Fla. 1 DCA, 1968), stated: “The legislative intent of this statute [316.645 . . .
. . . . § 316.645, Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . In view of the above, it is not necessary for the Court to determine whether 901.16 or 316.645 would . . .
. . . Florida Statutes 316.645. . . .
. . . Section 316.645 Florida Statutes provides that a police officer who makes an investigation at the scene . . .
. . . It seems clear to me that Section 316.645, Florida Statutes, which Sheffield is alleged to have violated . . . However, the majority has overlooked the section heading, which reads: “316.645. . . . Originally enacted as Section 316.07, Chapter 71-135, Section One, Laws of Florida (1971). .Section 316.645 . . . authority to arrest without a warrant is limited to that authorized by statute, and that only Section 316.645 . . . Section 316.645 provides: A police officer who makes an investigation at the scene of a traffic accident . . . Appellant argues that when Section 316.645 and Chapter 318 are construed in pari mate-ria, the term “ . . . offense” in 316.645 must be limited to the criminal offenses listed in Sections 316.655(4) and 318.17 . . . Construing Section 316.645 in light of chapter 318, an officer may not have authority to formally arrest . . .