Navigation Senate bill adding greater protections to defense counsel ready for the floor
Sen. Jennifer Bradley
The measure offering greater protection to defense counsel and enhancing the penalties for anyone who attacks any court-appointed counsel or defense counsel breezed through its final committee stop in Senate Rules on April 5.
SB 384, sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would amend F.S. §775.0823, outlining penalties for violent offenses committed against law enforcement officers, correctional officers, state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, justices, or judges.
