The Florida Senate

914.11  Indigent defendants.--If a court decides, on the basis of an affidavit, that a defendant in a criminal case is indigent and unable to pay the cost of procuring the attendance of witnesses, such defendant may subpoena the witnesses, and the costs, including the cost of the defendant's copy of all depositions and transcripts which are certified by the defendant's attorney as serving a useful purpose in the disposition of the case, shall be paid by the county. When depositions are taken outside the circuit in which the case is pending, travel expenses shall be paid by the county in accordance with s. 112.061 and shall also be taxed as costs.

History.--ss. 2, 4, ch. 3702, 1887; s. 1, ch. 3719, 1887; RS 2867, 2868; s. 1, ch. 5133, 1903; GS 3923, 3924; RGS 6022, 6023; CGL 8316, 8317; s. 104, ch. 70-339; s. 4, ch. 82-176; s. 6, ch. 85-213.

Note.--Former ss. 932.36, 932.37.