Florida Statute 776.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 776
JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE

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F.S. 776.07

776.07 Use of force to prevent escape.—

(1) A law enforcement officer or other person who has an arrested person in his or her custody is justified in the use of any force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent the escape of the arrested person from custody.

(2) A correctional officer or other law enforcement officer is justified in the use of force, including deadly force, which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent the escape from a penal institution of a person whom the officer reasonably believes to be lawfully detained in such institution under sentence for an offense or awaiting trial or commitment for an offense.

History.—s. 13, ch. 74-383; s. 7, ch. 95-283; s. 1193, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 776.07

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 776.07

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 776.07.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 776.07

Total Results: 11

Tervil v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 204 So. 3d 580, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 17710

Snippet: Final judgment was entered in the amount of $230,776.07.1 Analysis On appeal, the bank properly concedes

Heilman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 135 So. 3d 513, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4610, 2014 WL 1255319

Snippet: meaningless. However, with the exception of section 776.07(2), Florida Statutes (2011), which only applies…exemplar emanates from the provisions of section 776.07(2), which provides that “[a] correctional officer…Caamano rationale, it would appear that section 776.07(2) is a more specific statute intended to preclude… no reason for the Legislature to enact section 776.07(2) in the first instance. That would essentially…enacted a useless statute when it wrote section 776.07(2), but that is just the sort of statutory construction

In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2009-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-01-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 27 So. 3d 640, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 2, 2010 WL 26546

Snippet: be unlawful. To prevent escape from custody. § 776.07(1), Fla. Stat. Give if applicable. A law enforcement…custody. To prevent escape from penal institution. § 776.07(2), Fla. Stat. Give if applicable. A guard or other

Buchanan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 209

Snippet: reasonable to apprehend Brinson, citing to section 776.07 of the Florida Statutes (2005) to support this …this claim. The statute reads, in pertinent part: 776.07. Use of force to prevent escape (1) A law enforcement…the escape of the arrested person from custody. § 776.07(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). The trial court properly…claim that application of the provisions of section 776.07(1) of the Florida Statutes warranted the pre-trial

Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (2003-1)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-03-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 869 So. 2d 1205, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 111, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 417, 2004 WL 524907

Snippet: another per- To prevent escape from custody § 776.07(1), FlaStat Give if applicable A law enforcement…custody. To prevent escape from penal institution § 776.07(2), FlaStat. Give if applicable A guard or other

Hermanson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-11-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 570 So. 2d 322

Snippet: forcible felony (776.031); preventing an escape (776.07); justifiable use of deadly force to resist murder

The Florida Bar Re: Standard Jury Instructions Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1985-10-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 477 So. 2d 985

Snippet: custody is justified in the use of any 776.07(1) force that he reasonably… to prevent an escape from a penal F.S. 776.07(2) institution of a person the officer

Nelson v. Howell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 455 So. 2d 608, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 1910, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14940

Snippet: do not agree with the appellee’s argument that § 776.07, Fla.Stat. (1983) provides statutory authority

Potts v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1982-12-15T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 430 So. 2d 900

Snippet: ] The following underscored language was added: 776 7.011 Principal in first degree. Whoever commits

Cobb v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1979-03-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 376 So. 2d 230

Snippet: was justified, pursuant to sections 776.05 and 776.07. These sections provide that any force is justifiable

State ex rel. Smith v. Burbridge

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1888-01-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 24 Fla. 112

Snippet: (4th edition,) p. 778; ibid. (5th edition,) pp. 776-7; Dickey vs. Hurlburt, 5 Cal., 343. Judge Cooley,