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Fla. Stat. § 782.08 (2025)

Assisting self-murder.

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782.08 Assisting self-murder.—Every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder shall be guilty of manslaughter, a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 9, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2385; GS 3210; RGS 5040; CGL 7142; s. 716, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 782.08

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§782.08HOMICIDE-NEGLIG MANSLASSISTING IN SELF MURDERF · 2nd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 20 cases, 1971–2019 · leading case: Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997).

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Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997). · cites it 2× “11, § 645 (1995); Fla. Stat. § 782.08 (1991); Ga. Code Ann.”

Krischer v. McIver, 697 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1997). · cites it 7× “, filed suit for a declaratory judgment that section 782.08, Florida Statutes (1995), which prohibits assisted suicide, violated the Privacy Clause of the Florida Constitution and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…”

State v. Sage, 510 N.E.2d 343 (Ohio 1987). “11, § 645 (1979); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 782.08 (West 1976); Kan.”

In Re Guardianship of Browning, 568 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 1990). · cites it 2× “§ 782.08, Fla. Stat. (1987). See § 765.11(1), Fla.”

People v. Kevorkian, 527 N.W.2d 714 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 2× “120(a)(2); Arizona, Ariz Rev Stat Ann 13-1103(A)(3); Arkansas, Ark Code Ann 5-10-104(a)(2); California, Cal Penal Code 401; Colorado, Colo Rev Stat 18-3-104(1)(b); Connecticut, Conn Gen Stat Ann 53a-56(a)(2); Delaware, Del Code Ann, tit 11, § 645; Florida, Fla Stat Ann 782.08;…”

People v. Ryan N., 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9104 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 53a-56(a); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 782.08 ; Mont. Code Ann.”

State v. Marti, 290 N.W.2d 570 (Iowa 1980). “5(2) (Proposed Official Draft 1962). 8 . There was some evidence in the record tending to prove the provocation necessary for voluntary manslaughter, see § 707.”

Rodriguez v. State, 443 So. 2d 286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). · cites it 3× “[2] Specifically defined as killings constituting manslaughter are assisting self-murder (§ 782.08, Fla. Stat. (1981)), the willful killing of an unborn quick child (§ 782.”

In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report 2017-06., 236 So. 3d 282 (Fla. 2018). · cites it 2× “Assisting a suicide is Manslaughter, according to § 782.08, Fla. Stat. A special instruction will be needed in those cases.”

In Re Guardianship of Browning, 543 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “§ 782.08, Fla. Stat. (1987). See § 765.11(1), Fla.”

Satz v. Perlmutter, 362 So. 2d 160 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978). “The State's position is that it (1) has an overriding duty to preserve life, and (2) that termination of supportive care, whether it be by the patient, his family or medical personnel, is an unlawful killing of a human being under the Florida Murder Statute Section 782.”

White v. State, 666 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1996). · cites it 2× “" [2] See § 782.08, Fla. Stat. (1993) (assisting selfmurder); Id.”

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