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Florida Statute 562.23 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 562.23 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 562.23 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
562.23 Conspiracy to violate Beverage Law; penalty.If two or more persons shall conspire to do any act which is in violation of any of the provisions of the Beverage Law, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy, if the act so conspired to be done would be a misdemeanor under the provisions of the Beverage Law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or, if the act so conspired to be done would be a felony under the provisions of the Beverage Law, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 6, ch. 19301, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 7648(26); s. 3, ch. 29964, 1955; s. 568, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 562.23

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§562.23LIQUORCONSPIRACY VIOL BEVERAGE LAW FELONYF · 3rd
§562.23LIQUORCONSPIRACY TO VIOL BEV LAW MISDEMEANORM · 2nd

Cases Citing F.S. 562.23

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·State v. Altman, 106 So. 2d 401 (Fla. 1958).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...[12] "An Act relating to the beverage law enforcement; amending Section 562.09, Florida Statutes, providing for package store restrictions; amending Section 562.13, Florida Statutes, prohibiting employment of minors and certain other persons by certain vendors; amending Section 562.23, Florida Statutes, providing for conspiracy to violate beverage law and penalty; amending Section 562.45, Florida Statutes, providing penalties for violating beverage law; amending Sub-section (3) of Section 562.451 Florida Statutes, a...
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Cited as authorityLinton (1959)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Le Prell v. State, 124 So. 2d 18 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1960).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

STURGIS, Judge. Abraham LePrell, who was convicted under Section 562.23, Florida Statutes, F:S.A., of conspiracy to violate the beverage law, and thereupon sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail at hard labor for one year, seeks certiorari to review that sentence on the ground that it is a cruel and...
...as prohibited by F.S. Sec. 562.05, F.S.A. Violation thereof is defined as a misdemeanor and the punishment prescribed is a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or both. F.S. Section 562.23, F.S.A., under which petitioner was convicted, makes it a crime for two or more persons to conspire to violate any of the provisions of the beverage law, and provides that if the act conspired to be done would be a misdemeanor under th...
...And it is characterized by secrecy, rendering it difficult of detection, requiring more time for its discovery, and adding to the importance of punishing it when discovered.” The Florida legislature unquestionably had the power to provide, as it did by F.S. Sec. 562.23, F.S.A., that conviction of a conspiracy to commit the offense prescribed by F.S....
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Vaughn v. State, 198 So. 2d 858 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4810

guilty of the charge of conspiracy to violate Section 562.23, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The evidence supports
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Damar Corp. v. Lee, 155 So. 2d 655 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...e Greenbergs continued to have an interest directly or indirectly in petitioner in violation of this order and that petitioner entered into a conspiracy with these persons, along with Donofrio, to violate the December 31, 1956, administrative order. Section 562.23, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., makes it unlawful to conspire to-violate any of the provisions of the beverage law....

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