Florida Statute 775.012 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 775
GENERAL PENALTIES; REGISTRATION OF CRIMINALS

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F.S. 775.012

775.012 General purposes.—The general purposes of the provisions of the code are:

(1) To proscribe conduct that improperly causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interest.

(2) To give fair warning to the people of the state in understandable language of the nature of the conduct proscribed and of the sentences authorized upon conviction.

(3) To define clearly the material elements constituting an offense and the accompanying state of mind or criminal intent required for that offense.

(4) To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses and to establish appropriate disposition for each.

(5) To safeguard conduct that is without fault or legitimate state interest from being condemned as criminal.

(6) To ensure the public safety by deterring the commission of offenses and providing for the opportunity for rehabilitation of those convicted and for their confinement when required in the interests of public protection.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 77-174.

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Amendments to 775.012

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 775.012

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 775.012.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 775.012

Total Results: 19

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, etc. v. MIAMI NEW TIMES, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-12-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Newspapers, Inc., 476 So. 2d 775, 12 778 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (

State of Florida v. Harry James Chubbuck

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 141 So. 3d 1163, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 437, 2014 WL 2765926, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1982

Snippet: construed most favorably to the accused.”); § 775.012(2), Fla. Stat. (2009) (stating that one general

Brown v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 17 So. 3d 346, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 13500, 2009 WL 2900345

Snippet: ;same elements" test set forth at section 775.012(4)(b)2., Florida Statutes, prohibits separate convictions

State v. Lanier

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-04-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 979 So. 2d 365

Snippet: the conduct proscribed" contrary to section 775.012(2), Florida Statutes (2007). Count III of the information

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-08-08T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 583 So. 2d 336

Snippet: (1966) is one such case. [8] § 775.012(4) Fla. Stat. [9] § 775.012(5) Fla. Stat. (1972). [10] The

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-07-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 584 So. 2d 1022

Snippet: harm to individual or public interest." § 775.012(1), Fla. Stat. (1989). The offense of "robbery

Locke v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-10-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 513 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2395, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12271

Snippet: Barfield, Joanos, Mills 12 October 1987 513 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2395, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12271

Kluessner v. Kluessner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-06-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 508 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1528, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8964

Snippet: Booth, Ervin, Smith 23 June 1987 508 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1528, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8964

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-06-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 508 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1513, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8874

Snippet: Cobb, Dauksch, Orfinger 18 June 1987 508 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1513, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8874

Anderson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-05-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 507 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1342, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8446

Snippet: Ferguson, Jorgenson, Pearson 26 May 1987 507 So. 2d 775, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1342, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 8446

Glover v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-08-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 474 So. 2d 886

Snippet: statute prior to trial and that to the extent section 775.12, Florida Statutes (now repealed) suggested otherwise

Linehan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 442 So. 2d 244

Snippet: that endangers the public safety. See section 775.012, Fla. Stat. (1981); Stasio, 396 A.2d at 1134. That

Westermeier v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-03-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 395 So. 2d 231, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 18852

Snippet: DAUKSCH, C. J., and COBB, J., concur. . See § 775.012(4), Fla.Stat. (1979). No. 80-641 District

P. A. C. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-12-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 391 So. 2d 364, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 18246

Snippet: and must therefore be strictly construed. See § 775.012(1), Florida Statutes. The circuit judges determined

Castle v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1976-03-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 330 So. 2d 10

Snippet: have before us the constitutionality of Section 775.12, Florida Statutes (1973),[1] which provides: "…reduction of this sentence on the basis of Section 775.12. Ten years was the maximum penalty in effect when…maximum sentence, and to the extent that Section 775.12 suggests otherwise it would have been unconstitutional

Castle v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-12-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 305 So. 2d 794

Snippet: could have been imposed. Florida Statute, Section 775.12 provides: "Limitation of repeal as to criminal…Appellee at page 25, if Florida Statutes, Section 775.12, attempts to do what Appellant says it does, the

Ago

Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-04-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: previously committed." Also, I would note that s. 775.12, F.S., reads: "No offense committed, and no

Taylor v. Jones

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1933-10-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 150 So. 254, 112 Fla. 234

Snippet: Livingston, 34 Fla. 377, 16 So.2d 284, 27 C. J. 773-775; 12 R. C. L. 665. Section 3864, Revised General Statutes

Malone v. Meres

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1926-04-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 109 So. 677, 91 Fla. 709

Snippet: 442; Lee v. Patten, 34 Fla. 149,15 South. Rep. 775; 12 Ency. Pl. Pr. 187, 196; 21 C. J. 166; People ex