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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 782.065782.065 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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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 782.065
Total Results: 12
208 So. 3d 60, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 587, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 2598
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 2016 | Docket: 4546941
Cited 71 times | Published
Stat. (2008) (attempted second-degree murder); § 782.065(2), Fla. Stat. (2008) (sentencing enhancement
236 So. 3d 282
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 8, 2018 | Docket: 6299402
Cited 4 times | Published
referral concerned instructions that pertain to section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2017), and was based upon
235 So. 3d 983
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 2017 | Docket: 60287248
Cited 2 times | Published
more than a term of life in prison. Under section 782.065, if the jury finds beyond a reasonable doubt
137 So. 3d 995, 2014 WL 1622183
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 24, 2014 | Docket: 795792
Cited 1 times | Published
performance of a legal duty as provided by section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013). The statute provides
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 1, 2025 | Docket: 70988586
Published
to life in
prison for Count 1 pursuant to section 782.065, Florida Statutes
(2024), and that Counts 2-8
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 19, 2019 | Docket: 16761658
Published
Comments
See Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065, Fla. Stat., reclassification when the
victim
259 So. 3d 754
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2018 | Docket: 8402543
Published
See
Instruction 7.13 for the § 782.065, Fla. Stat., reclassification when the victim
248 So. 3d 265
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 28, 2018 | Docket: 7094836
Published
case, the Florida Supreme Court held that section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013),
created a separate
214 So. 3d 657, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 381, 2017 WL 1177635, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 691
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2017 | Docket: 4658700
Published
The conflict issue in this case is whether section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013),
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creates
174 So. 3d 584, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 4, 2015 | Docket: 60250439
Published
trial.
III. The Jury’s Special Finding under Section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013)
At trial, the jury
146 So. 3d 1110, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 531, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2582, 2014 WL 4251210
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 28, 2014 | Docket: 1171079
Published
performance of a legal duty as provided by section 782.065, Florida Statutes (2013); (2) amendment of
114 So. 3d 1048, 2013 WL 2395077, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8765
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 3, 2013 | Docket: 60231721
Published
sentences are permissible, nevertheless, under section 782.065, which creates the crime of attempted murder
