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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 784.05
784.05 Culpable negligence.
(1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes another person to personal injury commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Whoever, through culpable negligence, inflicts actual personal injury on another commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) Whoever violates subsection (1) by storing or leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor commits, if the minor obtains the firearm and uses it to inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or any other person, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. However, this subsection does not apply:
(a) If the firearm was stored or left in a securely locked box or container or in a location which a reasonable person would have believed to be secure, or was securely locked with a trigger lock;
(b) If the minor obtains the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person;
(c) To injuries resulting from target or sport shooting accidents or hunting accidents; or
(d) To members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or State Militia, or to police or other law enforcement officers, with respect to firearm possession by a minor which occurs during or incidental to the performance of their official duties.

When any minor child is accidentally shot by another family member, no arrest shall be made pursuant to this subsection prior to 7 days after the date of the shooting. With respect to any parent or guardian of any deceased minor, the investigating officers shall file all findings and evidence with the state attorney’s office with respect to violations of this subsection. The state attorney shall evaluate such evidence and shall take such action as he or she deems appropriate under the circumstances and may file an information against the appropriate parties.

1(4) As used in this act, the term “minor” means any person under the age of 16.
History.s. 1, ch. 5212, 1903; GS 3229; RGS 5062; CGL 7164; s. 733, ch. 71-136; s. 21, ch. 74-383; s. 11, ch. 75-298; ss. 3, 7, ch. 89-534; s. 1199, ch. 97-102.
1Note.Also published at s. 790.174(3).

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Amendments to 784.05


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.05
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.05 1 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE EXPOSURE TO HARM - M: S
S784.05 2 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE INFLICT HARM - M: F
S784.05 3 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - STORE LEAVE LOAD FIREARM MINOR ACCES INJ DEATH - F: T



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IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 267 So. 3d 980 (Fla. 2019)

. . . Child neglect 827.03(3)(d) 16.6 Culpable Negligence 784.05 8.9 Inflicting Injury, if culpable negligence . . . is charged Culpable Negligence 784.05 8.9 Exposing Another to Injury, if culpable negligence is charged . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 262 So. 3d 59 (Fla. 2019)

. . . Reckless driving 316.192 28.5 Reckless operation of 327.33 vessel Culpable negligence 784.05(2) 8.9 Culpable . . . negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Comments Culpable negligence is a Category Two lesser included offense of both . . .

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

. . . Felony battery 784.041(1) 8.5 Aggravated Assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Culpable negligence 784.05 . . . (2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Assault 784.011 8.1 Comments See See Instruction 7.13 for the . . .

G. STRICKLAND, v. PINELLAS COUNTY,, 261 So. 3d 700 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . The letter set forth sections 767.01, 767.13(2), and 784.05(1), Florida Statutes (2015), which apply . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 238 So. 3d 192 (Fla. 2018)

. . . TWO None Culpable 784.05(1) 8.9 Negligence Comment This instruction was adopted in 2018. . . .

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

. . . Felony Battery 784.041(1) 8.5 Aggravated Assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Culpable negligence 784.05 . . . (2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Assault 784.011 8.1 Comment s Regarding the enhanced penalty . . . Felony battery 784.041(1) 8.5 Aggravated Assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Culpable negligence 784.05 . . . (2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Assault 784.011 8.1 Comment s Regarding the enhanced penalty . . . Felony battery 784.041(1) 8.5 Aggravated Assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Culpable Negligence 784.05 . . .

J. C. v. STATE, 233 So. 3d 519 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

. . . into the statutory element of culpable negligence seems decidedly at odds with the text of section 784.05 . . . Put differently, to say that section 784.05(1) requires that the defendant’s conduct create a likelihood . . . Tsavaris, however, did not involve section 784.05(1). . . . Compare § 784.05, Fla. . . . Section 784.05 contains three offenses. . . . committed the delinquent act of culpable negligence exposing another to personal injury under section 784.05 . . . Our preqedent holds that the term “culpable negligence” as used in section 784.05(1) requires a conscious . . . State filed a petition for an adjudication of delinquency which alleged that J.C. violated section 784.05 . . . Our court addressed the evidence required to prove culpable negligence under section 784.05(1) in Azima . . . So.2d 1087, 1088 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982), we held that the element of culpable negligence under section 784.05 . . .

UNITED STATES v. ARROYO, a. k. a., 636 F. App'x 989 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . §§ 784.05, 782.04, 777.04, 784.045; battery of a law enforcement officer, id. §§ 784.03(l)(a), 784.07 . . .

DIXON, v. UNITED STATES, 588 F. App'x 918 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . Stat § 784.05, and Dixon’s judgment does not reflect anywhere on it that that is what he was convicted . . .

KISH, v. STATE, 145 So. 3d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Appellant Jennifer Kish appeals her convictions on three counts of culpable negligence under section 784.05 . . . It is a crime in Florida to expose another person to personal injury through culpable negligence. § 784.05 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 131 So. 3d 692 (Fla. 2013)

. . . 784,05(2) 8,9 Personal Injury, if culpable negligence is charged Culpable Negligence Exposing Another 784.05 . . .

RUBINGER, v. STATE, 98 So. 3d 659 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . . § 784.05, Fla. Stat. (2006). The court gave the instruction on the lesser-included charge. . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES INSTRUCTION, 41 So. 3d 853 (Fla. 2010)

. . . Attempt_ _Aggravated assault 784.021 8.2 _Battery_784.03 8.8 _Assault_784.011 8.1 Culpable negligence 784.05 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 997 So. 2d 403 (Fla. 2008)

. . . In Greene, we upheld the constitutionality of the culpable negligence statute, section 784.05, Florida . . . 777.04(1) 5.1 Aggravated assault 784.021 8.2 Battery 784.03 8.3 Assault 784.011 8.1 Culpable negligence 784.05 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 994 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 2008)

. . . Reckless driving 316.192 28.5 Reckless or careless op- 327.33 eration of vessel Culpable negligence 784.05 . . . (2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Comment Culpable negligence is a Category Two lesser included . . .

FREEMAN, v. STATE, 969 So. 2d 473 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . Section 784.05(2), Florida Statutes (2003) states, in pertinent part: (1) Whoever, through culpable negligence . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- No., 946 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 2006)

. . . Attempt_ _Aggravated assault 784.021_⅜2_ _Battery_ . 784.03_8B_ _Assault_784.011_81_ Culpable negligence 784.05& . . . Reckless driving_316.192_28.5 Reckless or Careless 327.33 Operation of Vessel_ Culpable negligence 784.05& . . .

L. HILL, v. STATE, 932 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . .§ 784.05(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). . . . .

J. S. G. JR. v. STATE, 927 So. 2d 187 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . charged J.S.G. with culpable negligence resulting in serious personal injury in violation of section 784.05 . . .

P. SANDERS, v. STATE, 912 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See §§ 784.05(2), 775.087(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (2002). . . .

SPAZIANO, v. STATE, 879 So. 2d 51 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Orange County of forcible carnal knowledge and aggravated battery in violation of sections 794.01 and 784.05 . . .

CARRIN, v. STATE, 875 So. 2d 719 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . See § 784.05, Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .

HUGHES v. THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, P. H. a, 274 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (S.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 784.05(1), which provides: (1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes another person to personal . . . Stat. § 784.05(1). . . . .

STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- SUBMISSION, 824 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 2002)

. . . Stat. 784.05 Proposal 7: A New Instruction on the Use of Transcripts USE OF TRANSCRIPTS OF RECORDINGS . . .

T. H. v. STATE, 779 So. 2d 387 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . See §§ 784.05(2); 775.082(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .

SIENIARECKI, v. STATE, 756 So. 2d 68 (Fla. 2000)

. . . As we recently concluded in upholding Section 784.05, Florida Statutes (1975), the culpable negligence . . .

A. PERSAUD, v. STATE, 755 So. 2d 150 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . See §§ 782.07(1), 784.05(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). We affirm, and write to address one issue. . . .

STATE v. BLECKINGER,, 746 So. 2d 553 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . . §§ 316.1935(2), 316.192, 322.03, and 784.05(1), Fla. Stat. . . .

A. D. a v. STATE, 740 So. 2d 565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . case number 96-3755, to culpable negligence with personal injury, a first degree misdemeanor under § 784.05 . . .

PETITFRERE, v. STATE, 698 So. 2d 393 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . whether the trial court properly refused to give an instruction on culpable negligence under section 784.05 . . .

STATE v. GOODRICH,, 693 So. 2d 1093 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . dwelling, section 810.02, Florida Statutes (1987), and an amended charge of simple battery, section 784.05 . . .

L. VAUSE, L. v. BAY MEDICAL CENTER, L. M. D. P. A., 687 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . Culpable negligence in a criminal context is condemned in section 784.05(2), Florida Statutes which provides . . .

STATE v. J. B. SPENCE,, 658 So. 2d 660 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . custody on September 17, 1994, and subsequently charged with aggravated battery in violation of section 784.05 . . .

STATE v. DELGRASSO,, 653 So. 2d 459 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . charged him with inflicting actual personal injury through culpable negligence in violation of section 784.05 . . .

E. KENNEDY T. v. MOREE TCI a, 650 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . Section 784.05, Florida Statutes (1993), pertains to negligent conduct for which criminal penalties will . . . Subsection 784.05(2) provides that “[wjhoever, through culpable negligence, inflicts actual personal . . . By comparison, subsection 784.05(1) provides that whoever through culpable negligence “exposes another . . .

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, v. A. S., 648 So. 2d 128 (Fla. 1995)

. . . injury); § 782.04(2), Fla.Stat. (1989) (unlawful killing by act “imminently dangerous” to another); § 784.05 . . .

S. TYSON, v. STATE, 646 So. 2d 816 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Tyson was charged with culpable negligence under section 784.05(3), Florida Statutes, for exposing a . . . Likewise, one cannot be guilty of “attempted culpable negligence” under section 784.05, Florida Statutes . . .

CINCI, v. STATE, 642 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . The' information charged appellant with aggravated battery with a firearm pursuant to sections 784.05 . . .

GROOVER, v. STATE, 632 So. 2d 691 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . and two counts of culpable negligence which evidenced prejudice based on race, contrary to sections 784.05 . . .

ROSS v. E. BAKER,, 632 So. 2d 224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . . § 784.05(2), Fla.Stat. (1989); see generally Shova v. . . .

STATE v. N. SMITH,, 624 So. 2d 355 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . See § 784.05(2), Fla.Stat. (1991). The term “culpable negligence” is not unconstitutionally vague. . . .

SHOVA, v. ELLER,, 606 So. 2d 400 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . Section 784.05(2) provides that a person commits a first degree misdemeanor when that person, “through . . . See § 784.05, Fla.Stat. (1989). . . . (Crim.) 784.05. . . .

VAZQUEZ, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, a A, 968 F.2d 1101 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . . § 784.05, which has been defined by the Florida courts as “reckless indifference or grossly careless . . .

FRASER, v. STATE, 600 So. 2d 1306 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . We further hold that the crime of culpable negligence, a misdemeanor under section 784.05(2), Florida . . .

CITY OF OPA LOCKA, a v. HILL,, 590 So. 2d 952 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . In the summary judgment motion, appellee contended that Hill’s conviction for violation of section 784.05 . . .

KILLINGSWORTH, v. STATE, 584 So. 2d 647 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and culpable negligence, in violation of sections 790.23 and 784.05 . . .

SPURLOCK, v. F. CYCMANICK,, 584 So. 2d 1015 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . misdemeanors (criminal mischief under section 806.13, Florida Statutes and culpable negligence under section 784.05 . . . which the speedy trial discharge related (criminal mischief (§ 806.-13) and culpable negligence (§ 784.05 . . .

B. S. a v. STATE, 570 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . . § 784.05, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

RICHARDSON, v. STATE, 564 So. 2d 564 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . exposure of another person to personal injury and constitutes a second degree misdemeanor under section 784.05 . . .

T. J. a v. STATE, 534 So. 2d 811 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . The opposite is the case with respect to the culpable negligence charge, § 784.05, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS- CRIMINAL, 508 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 1987)

. . . Third degree (felony) murder — 782.04(4) Attempt Vehicular homicide — 782.071 Culpable negligence — 784.05 . . . assault — 784.021 Battery — 784.03 Assault — 784.011 Vehicular homicide — 782.071 Culpable negligence— 784.05 . . . (2) Culpable negligence— 784.05(1) Assault — 784.011 None Attempt Aggravated assault— 784.021(l)(a) Assault . . . dangerous weapons or firearms — 790.10 Discharging firearms in public — 790.15 Culpable negligence— 784.05 . . . (2) Culpable negligence — 784.05(1) None Assault of law enforcement officer— 784.07(2) None Attempt Assault . . .

H. KAMA, v. STATE, 507 So. 2d 154 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . ), battery (section 784.03), aggravated battery (section 784.045), and culpable negilgence (section 784.05 . . .

MITCHELL, v. STATE, 491 So. 2d 596 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . counts under Section 410.11(1) and two counts of the lesser offense of culpable negligence under Section 784.05 . . .

HESTON, v. STATE, 484 So. 2d 84 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . reject appellant’s argument that she could not be convicted of culpable negligence pursuant to section 784.05 . . .

A. AZIMA, v. STATE, 480 So. 2d 184 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Later, the state charged Azima with the misdemeanor of culpable negligence under section 784.05(1), Florida . . . Under section 784.05(1), the state had to prove that Azima, through culpable negligence, exposed Schmidt . . .

STATE v. JOHNSON,, 479 So. 2d 279 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . mischief in violation of section 806.13, Florida Statutes, and culpable negligence in violation of section 784.05 . . .

THE FLORIDA BAR STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS CRIMINAL CASES, 477 So. 2d 985 (Fla. 1985)

. . . the schedule of lesser included offenses, a double asterisk should appear after culpable negligence — 784.05 . . . (2) and culpable negligence —784.05(1) which appear as category (1) lesser included offenses to manslaughter . . .

BOGAN, v. STATE, 454 So. 2d 686 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . See Sections 784.04 and 784.05, Florida Statutes (1973). . . .

JONES, v. STATE, 449 So. 2d 313 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . . § 784.05(2), Fla.Stat. (1981). . Sanderson v. State, 390 So.2d 744 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980). . . . .

A. RODRIGUEZ, v. STATE, 443 So. 2d 286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . 431 So.2d 718 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), that "the Legislature intended the culpable negligence statute [§ 784.05 . . .

THOMAS, v. STATE, 434 So. 2d 12 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . that the jury be instructed on the lesser misdemeanor offense of culpable negligence under Section 784.05 . . .

STATE v. SIMONE,, 431 So. 2d 718 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . alleged, inter alia, that the “Court erred in refusing to charge the jury on Culpable Negligence, S. 784.05 . . . Additionally, we think it clear that the Legislature intended the culpable negligence statute [sec. 784.05 . . . The plain language of section 784.05 refers to exposing another person to personal injury or inflicting . . . Greene, 348 So.2d 3 (Fla.1977) (sec. 784.05 is constitutional; degree of punishment dependent on whether . . . The culpable negligence statute, sec. 784.05, Fla.Stat. (1979), provides, as follows: (1) Whoever, through . . .

J. TAYLOR, v. STATE, 401 So. 2d 812 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Because there is a crime of culpable negligence, section 784.05, Florida Statutes (1979), which can be . . . defined as manslaughter without the death (or even without any injury if it is subsection (1) of section 784.05 . . .

STATE v. JOYCE, STATE v. HUTCHESON,, 361 So. 2d 406 (Fla. 1978)

. . . As we recently concluded in upholding Section 784.05, Florida Statutes (1975), the culpable negligence . . .

KIMBROUGH, v. STATE, 356 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . . § 784.05, the intentional shooting of a pistol at another person does not seem compatible with the . . .

STATE v. GREENE,, 348 So. 2d 3 (Fla. 1977)

. . . of another in discharging a pistol on January 4, 1976, he had injured a person contrary to Section 784.05 . . . The statute follows: “784.05 Culpable negligence (1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes another . . .

TYSON, v. STATE, 334 So. 2d 657 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . The culpable negligence statute, at the relevant time, was § 784.05, Fla. . . . Stat., which read in part as follows: “784.05 Punishment for culpable negligence. — Whoever through culpable . . .

SMITH, v. STATE, 330 So. 2d 526 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . . § 784.05 (1973), as the lesser included offense to manslaughter. . . .

MURRAY, v. STATE, 328 So. 2d 501 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . culpable negligence, the trial court also instructed the jury on culpable negligence under former Section 784.05 . . . Sec. 784.05, F.S.1973, provides: “Whoever through culpable negligence, or a reckless disregard for the . . .

KELLY, v. STATE, 281 So. 2d 594 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973)

. . . Section 784.05, F.S.A.), and shooting within an occupied dwelling (F.S. . . .

D. BLASCHKA v. UNITED STATES, 393 F.2d 983 (Ct. Cl. 1968)

. . . .-784.05, C & C earned a profit of. only $751.96, or a return of approximately 3 percent. . . .