In Florida, a u003ca href=u0022https://www.goldmanwetzel.com/blog/criminal-statute-limitations-florida/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003estatute of u003c/au003elimitation establishes the period of time that the State has to start the prosecution of a case. If the prosecution did not occur within this time frame, the charges might be dropped. However, in Florida, capital felonies, life felonies, or felonies that resulted in the death of a person do not have a statute of limitation. Some examples of these offenses include but are not limited to sexual battery upon a child, capital u003ca href=u0022https://www.goldmanwetzel.com/drug-trafficking-florida/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003edrug traffickingu003c/au003e, and some homicide cases.