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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 782
HOMICIDE
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F.S. 782.065
782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional officer, correctional probation officer.Notwithstanding ss. 775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for release upon findings by the trier of fact that, beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed; murder in the second or third degree in violation of s. 782.04(2), (3), or (4); attempted murder in the first or second degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; and
(2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1) was a law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional officer, correctional probation officer, part-time correctional probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer, as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty.
History.s. 1, ch. 2008-74; s. 3, ch. 2010-121; ss. 3, 7, ch. 2012-21; s. 20, ch. 2016-24; s. 24, ch. 2017-37.

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Amendments to 782.065


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 782.065
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 782.065.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 259 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 2018)

. . . assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Assault 784.011 8.1 Comments See See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065 . . . 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Assault 784.011 8.1 Comments See See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065 . . .

GABRIEL, v. STATE, 248 So. 3d 265 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . 2017), an opinion released after the trial in this case, the Florida Supreme Court held that section 782.065 . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 236 So. 3d 282 (Fla. 2018)

. . . Stat. § 782.065. . . . Stat. § 782.065. . . . Stat. § 782.065. See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065, Fla. . . . Stat. § 782.065. See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065, Fla. . . . Stat. § 782.065. See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065, Fla. . . .

L. RIVERA, v. STATE, 235 So. 3d 983 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . charged in an amended information pursuant to sections 782.04(1), 777.04, 775.087, 775.0823, 784.07, and 782.065 . . . Under section 782.065, if the jury finds beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed attempted . . . is an essential element, “a defendant may be subject to the increased sentence set forth in section 782.065 . . . case resentencing was unnecessary because the trial court- imposed a life sentence under both section 782.065 . . . Rivera argues that in Ramroop the supreme court explained that because the life sentence under section 782.065 . . .

RAMROOP, v. STATE, 214 So. 3d 657 (Fla. 2017)

. . . The conflict issue in this case is whether section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013), creates a substantive . . . State, 174 So.3d 584 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015), the Fifth District Court of Appeal held that section 782.065 . . . ANALYSIS The issue before us is whether section 782.065 creates a separate substantive offense. . . . CONCLUSION We conclude that section 782.065 creates a separate substantive criminal offense. . . . See § 782.065, Fla. Stat. (2016). . . . .

WALTON, v. STATE, 208 So. 3d 60 (Fla. 2016)

. . . Stat. (2008) (attempted second-degree murder); § 782.065(2), Fla. . . .

WILDER, v. STATE, 194 So. 3d 1050 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . murder is an unlawful killing that occurs while the defendant is engaged in a non-enumerated felony); 782.065 . . .

RAMROOP, v. STATE, 174 So. 3d 584 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . See § 782.065, Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . was a law enforcement officer before section 782.065 becomes operative. . . . In 2008, the Legislature enacted section 782.065, Florida Statutes. . . . ; we find that section 782.065 should be interpreted similarly. . . . His argument assumes that section 782.065 is a substantive offense. . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES REPORT NO., 146 So. 3d 1110 (Fla. 2014)

. . . State, 959 So.2d 218 (Fla.2007). § 782.065, Fla. Stat. Enhanced penalty. . . . Stat. § 782.065 and was based on a construction of Fla. . . . State, 959 So.2d 218 (Fla.2007). § 782.065, Fla. Stat. Enhanced penalty. Give if applicable. . . . Stat. § 782.065 and was based on a construction of Fla. . . . Stat. § 782.065. . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 137 So. 3d 995 (Fla. 2014)

. . . Stat. § 782.065 and was based on a construction of Fla. . . . Stat. § 782.065.' . . . Stat. § 782.065 and was based on a construction of Fla. . . . Stat. § 782.065. . . . Stat. § 782.065. . . .

SMART, v. STATE, 114 So. 3d 1048 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . The State contends that the life sentences are permissible, nevertheless, under section 782.065, which . . . See § 782.065(1), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . However, Appellant committed the attempted murders on September 10, 2008, and section 782.065 did not . . .