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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 782
HOMICIDE
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F.S. 782.02
782.02 Justifiable use of deadly force.The use of deadly force is justifiable when a person is resisting any attempt to murder such person or to commit any felony upon him or her or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person shall be.
History.ss. 4, 5, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2378; ch. 4967, 1901; s. 1, ch. 4964, 1901; GS 3203; RGS 5033; CGL 7135; s. 66, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-24; s. 45, ch. 75-298; s. 1197, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 782.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 782.02.



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Cases Citing Statute 782.02

Total Results: 20

JOSE MIKE ESPICHAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-19

Snippet: (quoting § 776.012(2), Fla. Stat.); see also § 782.02, Fla. Stat. (2021) (“The use of deadly force is

Joseph William Hamilton v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-29

Snippet: instruction does not accurately reflect section 782.02, Florida Statutes (2021), which states that “[t]he

CARLOS LORENZO GONZALEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-04-19

Snippet: Gonzalez’s trial. This section is based on section 782.02, Florida Statutes (1997), and the applicable felony

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-01

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-12-19

Snippet: 126 So. 3d 400 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). § 782.02, Fla. Stat., and many statutes within Chapter 776

Mattison v. Mattison

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-03-08

Citation: 266 So. 3d 258

Snippet: court, she had subsequently incurred and paid $ 36,782.02 in mortgage, tax, and insurance expenses on the

Mattison v. Mattison

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-03-08

Citation: 266 So. 3d 258

Snippet: court, she had subsequently incurred and paid $ 36,782.02 in mortgage, tax, and insurance expenses on the

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-07 – Corrected Opinion

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-06

Snippet: bodily harm. Both Chapter 776 and § Section 782.02, Fla. Stat., and many statutes within Chapter 776

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-07.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-21

Citation: 257 So. 3d 908

Snippet: Both Chapter 776 and § Section 782.02, Fla. Stat., and many statutes within

ALVIN ARTEAGA v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-05-11

Citation: 246 So. 3d 533

Snippet: be read for manslaughter charges); see also §§ 782.02, .03, Fla. Stat. (2007). In support

CATHERINE M. PILEGGI v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-11-08

Snippet: instruction was based, in part, on the wording of section 782.02 of the Florida Statutes which provides that:

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report 2016-01

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-09

Citation: 213 So. 3d 680

Snippet: e dcfcndnnt-VTOS-at the timc of-thc killing. § 782.02—Fla, Stafe Excusable Homicide: The

Marty v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-09-16

Citation: 210 So. 3d 121, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13927

Snippet: force. Compare §§ 776.012(2), .031(2), 782.02, with §§ 776.012(1), .031(1). We can

In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—report No. 2014-06

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-05-05

Citation: 191 So. 3d 411, 2016 WL 2586287

Snippet: great bodily harm. Both Chapter 776 and § 782.02, Fla. Stat., address the justifiable use of deadly

Campbell v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-07-16

Citation: 143 So. 3d 992, 2014 WL 3511138, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10901

Snippet: as follows: JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE F.S. 782.02 The killing of a human being is justifiable

In re Amendments to Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Instruction 7.7

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-10-13

Citation: 75 So. 3d 210, 2011 WL 4835655

Snippet: the defendant was at the time of the killing. § 782.02, Fla. Stat. Excusable Homicide: The killing of

Odeh v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-07-18

Citation: 82 So. 3d 915, 2011 WL 2694434

Snippet: Justifiable Use of Deadly Force, in which section 782.02, Florida Statutes is the statutory basis for the

In re Amendments To Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Instruction 7.7.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-04-08

Citation: 41 So. 3d 853, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 209, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 476, 2010 WL 1372703

Snippet: the defendant was at the time of the killing. § 782.02, Fla. Stat. The killing of a human being is excusable

In Re Amend. to Standard Jury Inst.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-04-08

Citation: 41 So. 3d 853

Snippet: the defendant was at the time of the killing. § 782.02, Fla. Stat. The killing of a human being is excusable

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

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-01-07

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

Snippet: death or great bodily harm. Give if applicable. § 782.02, Fla. Stat. The use of deadly force is justifiable

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases No. 2007-03

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-06

Citation: 976 So. 2d 1081, 2008 WL 596805

Snippet: death or great bodily harm. Give if applicable. § 782.02, Fla. Stat. The use of deadly force is justifiable