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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 782
HOMICIDE
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F.S. 782.11
782.11 Unnecessary killing to prevent unlawful act.Whoever shall unnecessarily kill another, either while resisting an attempt by such other person to commit any felony, or to do any other unlawful act, or after such attempt shall have failed, shall be deemed 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. 13, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2388; GS 3213; RGS 5043; CGL 7145; s. 719, ch. 71-136.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 782.11

Total Results: 20

Leo L. Boatman v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-17

Snippet: Prevent an Unlawful Act”), which is based on section 782.11, Florida Statutes, a manslaughter statute. Instruction

Mattier v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-06-03

Citation: 711 So. 2d 256, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 8845, 1998 WL 281334

Snippet: unnecessary killing to prevent an unlawful act. See § 782.11, Fla. Stat. (1997). The standard jury instructions

Hoffman v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-03-06

Citation: 708 So. 2d 962, 1998 WL 95336

Snippet: Alternatively, appellant argues that, pursuant to section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1994),[1] the motion for judgment

White v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-01-18

Citation: 666 So. 2d 895, 1996 WL 15521

Snippet: willful killing of an unborn quick child); Id. § 782.11 (unnecessary killing to prevent an unlawful act)

Hope v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-24

Citation: 655 So. 2d 1141, 1995 WL 317657

Snippet: instructed the jury on manslaughter pursuant to section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1991), since he alleges he shot

Cote v. Jowers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-11-10

Citation: 515 So. 2d 339, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 10910, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2570

Snippet: (1983). Clearly, this is not the law. Section 782.-11, Florida Statutes (1983), which states that “[wjhoever

Bonito Boats v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-04-24

Citation: 487 So. 2d 395, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 971, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7448

Snippet: their own." Compco, 376 U.S. at 238, 84 S.Ct. at 782, 11 L.Ed.2d at 672. However, that is not the problem

Kirkland v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-09-27

Citation: 478 So. 2d 1092, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2242, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16055

Snippet: jury on “unnecessary killing” pursuant to Section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1983), when the accused claims

State v. Kadet

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-09-13

Citation: 455 So. 2d 389, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 1971, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14972

Snippet: prevent an unlawful act, a violation of section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1981). The court below found

Niblack v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-06-20

Citation: 451 So. 2d 539

Snippet: second degree murder, manslaughter under section 782.11, and justifiable homicide, repeated his instruction

Rodriguez v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-12-22

Citation: 443 So. 2d 286

Snippet: unnecessary killing to prevent an unlawful act (§ 782.11, Fla. Stat. (1981)), and killing someone while

Falco v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-12-17

Citation: 407 So. 2d 203

Snippet: involved a vagueness challenge against section 782.11, Florida Statutes, which makes it a felony to "unnecessarily

Phippen v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-10-23

Citation: 389 So. 2d 991

Snippet: killing to prevent an unlawful act under section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1977). The exact argument was

Hunter v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-12-19

Citation: 378 So. 2d 845, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 16267

Snippet: requested instruction on manslaughter as defined in § 782.11, Florida Statutes, and, thus, there was no error

Cobb v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-03-29

Citation: 376 So. 2d 230

Snippet: and initially passed on the validity of section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1975), which makes it a second-degree

Mitchell v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-02-27

Citation: 368 So. 2d 607, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 14603

Snippet: prevent an unlawful act (in violation of Section 782.11, Florida Statutes). After a jury trial, appellant

State v. Carrizales

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-02-23

Citation: 356 So. 2d 274

Snippet: the trial judge must instruct the jury on Section 782.11, Florida Statutes (1975),[1] when the accused's

Carrizales v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-05-20

Citation: 345 So. 2d 1113, 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 15627

Snippet: erred in refusing to instruct the jury on Section 782.11, Florida Statutes, which provides that when a defendant

Snell v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-11-05

Citation: 302 So. 2d 770, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8472

Snippet: killing to prevent an unlawful act, Florida Statute 782.11. The record reveals that appellant went into a

Whitehead v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-02-19

Citation: 245 So. 2d 94

Snippet: observe that correlatively the provisions of § 782.11, F.S.A., are also applicable to this case. This