The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 394
MENTAL HEALTH

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F.S. 394.927

394.927 Escape while in lawful custody; notice to victim; notice to the Department of Corrections and Florida Commission on Offender Review.—

(1) A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant to a judicial finding of probable cause under s. 394.915 or pursuant to a commitment as a sexually violent predator under s. 394.916 and who escapes or attempts to escape while in such custody commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) If a person who is held in custody pursuant to a finding of probable cause or commitment as a sexually violent predator escapes while in custody, the department shall immediately notify the victim in accordance with s. 394.926. The state attorney that filed the petition for civil commitment of the escapee must also be immediately notified by the department. If the escapee has an active or pending term of probation, community control, parole, conditional release, or other court-ordered or postprison release supervision, the department shall also immediately notify the Department of Corrections’ Office of Community Corrections in Tallahassee. The Florida Commission on Offender Review shall also be immediately notified of an escape if the escapee has an active or pending term of parole, conditional release, or other postprison release supervision that is administered by the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

History.—s. 19, ch. 98-64; s. 22, ch. 99-222; s. 11, ch. 2014-191.

Note.—Former s. 916.47.

F.S. 394.927 on Google Scholar

F.S. 394.927 on Casetext

Amendments to 394.927

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 394.927

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S394.927 - ESCAPE - VIOLENT SEX PRED ATTEMPT/ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY - F: S

S394.927 1 - ESCAPE - VIOLENT SEX PRED ATTEMPT/ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY - F: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. PHILLIPS,, 119 So. 3d 1233 (Fla. 2013)

. . . See § 394.927(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). . . . .

UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT,, 607 F.3d 708 (11th Cir. 2010)

. . . . § 394.927(2). . . .

WHITSETT, v. STATE, 913 So. 2d 1208 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Whitsett appeals his conviction of armed escape from a civil commitment facility pursuant to section 394.927 . . . Section 22 of the act, now section 394.927(1), provides: A person who is held in lawful custody pursuant . . .

STATE v. BURKHART,, 869 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . charged Burk-hart as a principal with Escape While in Lawful Custody under Florida Statutes, section 394.927 . . . Section 394.927, Florida Statutes, effective January 1, 1999, provides in pertinent part: (1) A person . . . Burkhart was charged with escape under section 394.927. . . .