Florida Statute 782.051 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 782
HOMICIDE

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F.S. 782.051

782.051 Attempted felony murder.—

(1) Any person who perpetrates or attempts to perpetrate any felony enumerated in s. 782.04(3) and who commits, aids, or abets an intentional act that is not an essential element of the felony and that could, but does not, cause the death of another commits a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life, or as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, which is an offense ranked in level 9 of the Criminal Punishment Code. Victim injury points shall be scored under this subsection.

(2) Any person who perpetrates or attempts to perpetrate any felony other than a felony enumerated in s. 782.04(3) and who commits, aids, or abets an intentional act that is not an essential element of the felony and that could, but does not, cause the death of another commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, which is an offense ranked in level 8 of the Criminal Punishment Code. Victim injury points shall be scored under this subsection.

(3) When a person is injured during the perpetration of or the attempt to perpetrate any felony enumerated in s. 782.04(3) by a person other than the person engaged in the perpetration of or the attempt to perpetrate such felony, the person perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate such felony commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, which is an offense ranked in level 7 of the Criminal Punishment Code. Victim injury points shall be scored under this subsection.

History.—s. 1, ch. 96-359; s. 18, ch. 97-194; s. 12, ch. 98-204; s. 4, ch. 2001-236; s. 6, ch. 2012-21; s. 23, ch. 2017-37.

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Amendments to 782.051

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 782.051

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

S782.051 - HOMICIDE-WILFUL KILL - REMOVED - F: S

S782.051 1 - HOMICIDE - SPECIF FELONY COMMIT ACT COULD CAUSE DEATH - F: F

S782.051 2 - HOMICIDE - OTHER FELONY COMMIT ACT COULD CAUSE DEATH - F: F

S782.051 3 - HOMICIDE - SPECIF FELONY COMMIT 3RD PERS CAUSE INJURY - F: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 782.051

Total Results: 20

Anthawn Ragan, Jr. v. the State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: punishable by up to thirty years in prison. See § 782.051(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). Attempted premeditated murder…attempted felony murder is codified in section 782.051, Florida Statutes, and attempted first-

Keith Matthew McCray v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-01-21T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: robbery from the attempted felony murder. See § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2016) (establishing that attempted… is not an essential element of the felony.” § 782.051(1). But our case is unlike Milton. Here,

Sullivan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-09-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: of the attempted felony murder statute. See § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2014) (stating that, to be guilty…force, violence, assault, or putting in fear”); § 782.051(1) (“Any person who perpetrates or

Graves v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-06-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: For attempted felony murder as described in s. 782.051, a sentence pursuant to s. 775.082, s. 775.083

Ridge Gabriel v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-05-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: charged with attempted felony murder under section 782.051, Florida Statutes (2013), he was potentially convicted

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-06.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 236 So. 3d 282

Snippet: felony 782.051(1) 6.3 murder Attempted felony 782.051(2) 6.3 murder Attempted felony 782.051(3) 6.3(a…Attempted felony 782.051(1) and 6.3 and murder-reclassified 782.065 6.7 Attempted felony 782.051(1) 6.3 murder…Attempted felony 782.051(2) and 6.3 and murder-reclassified 782.065 6.7 Attempted felony 782.051(2) 6.3 murder…Attempted felony 782.051(3) and 6.3(a) murder-reclassified 782.065 and 6.7 Attempted felony 782.051(3) 6.3(a)…Attempted Felony 782.051(1) and 6.3 and Murder-Reclassified 782.065 6.7 Attempted Felony 782.051(1) 6.3 Murder

Newbhard v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-12-19T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: a felony of the first degree . . . . § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2012). The robbery statute…a weapon, to wit: A FIREARM in violation of s. 782.051(1) and s. 775.087, Fla. Stat. . . . . (Emphasis…attempted to commit the underlying robbery. See § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2012) (providing: “Any person …an independent act as required by section 782.051(1). It follows then that the robbery offense

Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-04-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 214 So. 3d 578, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 405, 2017 WL 1282110, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 751

Snippet: crime of attempted felonymurder under section 782.051, Florida Statutes (2016), when the State charges…LIGHT OF THE LEGISLATURE’S CREATION OF SECTION 782.051, WHICH CREATED A CRIME CALLED “ATTEMPTED FELONY…SPECIFICALLY ALLEGE THE ELEMENTS OF AND CITE TO SECTION 782.051 OR DOES AN ALLEGATION OF ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED…him with attempted felony murder under section 782.051. In the counts relating to the attempted murder…felony murder statute, sec *583 tion 782.051, which establishes a new, separate crime with additional

Gangapersad Ramroop v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-03-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 214 So. 3d 657, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 381, 2017 WL 1177635, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 691

Snippet: Notwithstanding ss. 775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant shall be sentenced… or attempted felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; and (2) The victim of any offense described…violated a particular subsection of section 782.04 or 782.051.” Ramroop, 174 So.3d at 598. The United States

Guzman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 204, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18675

Snippet: murder stat *208 ute, section 782.051, Fla. Stat. (2004). However, the narrative on the

Robert Pernell McCloud v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-11-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 208 So. 3d 668, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 548, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2530

Snippet: felony murder with a firearm pursuant to section 782.051(1), Florida Statutes (1999). Id. at 86. He argued…element of the felony,” as required under section 782.051. Id. at 87. This Court held that “a dispute does

Williams v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: victim], a human being in violation of 782.051(1) and 775.087 & 777.011, Florida Statutes …robbery.” Williams II, 83 So. 3d at 907; see also § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2004) (Attempted …count of attempted felony murder under section 782.051(1), Florida Statutes (2004): Attempted felony

Williams v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 182 So. 3d 11, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 15182, 2015 WL 5965155

Snippet: upon [the victim], a human being in violation of 782.051(1) and 775.087 & 777.011, Florida Statutes.…II, 83 So.3d at 907; see also § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2004) (Attempted felony murder …count of attempted felony murder under section 782.051(1), Florida Statutes (2004): Attempted felony

Ramroop v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-09-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 174 So. 3d 584, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

Snippet: Notwithstanding ss. 775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant shall be sentenced… or attempted felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; and (2) The victim of any offense described in…violated a particular subsection of section 782.04 or 782.051. As such, the statute, in and of itself, is not…599the (attempted) homicide offenses in 782.04 and 782.051 and operates solely to reclassify such offenses

Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-08-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 191 So. 3d 481, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 12462

Snippet: LIGHT OF THE LEGISLATURE’S CREATION OF SECTION 782.051, WHICH CREATED A CRIME CALLED “ATTEMPTED FELONY…SPECIFICALLY ALLEGE THE ELEMENTS OF AND CITE TO SECTION 782.051 OR DOES AN ALLEGATION OF ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED…attempted felony murder after the enactment of section 782.051, Florida Statutes. CIKLIN, C.J., WARNER and

Calvin Weatherspoon v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-06-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 194 So. 3d 341, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 9588

Snippet: charged, i.e., attempted felony murder under section 782.051. While the state concedes that the information … between attempted felony murder under section 782.051, Florida Statutes, and the old common law crime…murder and did not contain a citation to section 782.051, the attempted felony murder statute. Thus… Gray, the Florida Legislature enacted section 782.051, Florida Statutes, which made attempted felony …another commits a felony of the first degree[.] § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2008). Interestingly, section 782.04

Ahmad R. Milton v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 3d 1245, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 708, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 3439

Snippet: essential element of the underlying felony.” § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2006). Specifically, we consider…premeditated murder as is -required by section 782.051(1).” Id. We granted review of Milton to address…essential element of the underlying felony.” § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. In addressing this question, we …response to our decision in Gray, enacted section 782.051, which created the offense of ‘Felony causing bodily… the Legislature substantially rewrote section 782.051 and retitled it “Attempted felony murder.” See

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-02

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-04-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 995, 2014 WL 1622183

Snippet: ENUMERATED FELONY] [NON-ENUMERATED FELONY] § 782.051(1) and (2), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime … [[Image here]] Comment Section 782.051(1), Fla. Stat., applies where the defendant is …felony enumerated in section 782.04(3). Section 782.051(2), Fla. Stat., applies where the defendant is …FELONY MURDER — INJURY CAUSED BY ANOTHER § 782.051(3) Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Attempted… [[Image here]] Comment Section 782.051(3), Fla. Stat., applies only where the defendant

Martin v. Justice Administration Commission

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-12-17T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 127 So. 3d 1281, 2013 WL 6635872, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 19916

Snippet: statutes, the client faced life in prison. See §§ 782.051(1), 775.087(2)(a)(2), 812.13(2)(a), & 777.04

Estevez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-11-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 127 So. 3d 635, 2013 WL 6083410, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18407

Snippet: commits a felony of the first degree .... ” § 782.051(1), Fla. Stat. (2007). Therefore, unlike felony