Florida · Florida Statutes — Title XXIII, Motor Vehicles
Fla. Stat. (Motor Vehicles) § 316.656: Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against accepting plea to lesser included offense
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes procedural rules for criminal cases involving impaired driving, manslaughter, and vehicular homicide—requiring mandatory adjudication and limiting judges' ability to accept guilty pleas to lesser offenses in certain circumstances.
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