Florida Statute 784.074 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.074

784.074 Assault or battery on sexually violent predators detention or commitment facility staff; reclassification of offenses.—

(1) Whenever a person is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon a staff member of a sexually violent predators detention or commitment facility as defined in part V of chapter 394, while the staff member is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties and when the person committing the offense knows or has reason to know the identity or employment of the victim, the offense for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

(a) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.

(b) In the case of an aggravated assault, from a felony of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.

(d) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(2) For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Children and Families, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Children and Families, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Children and Families.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2001-244; s. 116, ch. 2002-1; s. 298, ch. 2014-19.

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Amendments to 784.074

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.074

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.074 1a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITY - F: F

S784.074 1b - ASSAULT - ON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITY - F: S

S784.074 1c - BATTERY - ON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITY - F: T

S784.074 1d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON STAFF OF SEX PRED FACILITY - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.074

Total Results: 6

WILLIAM ALLEN KING v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-01-24T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: facility for sexually violent predators. See § 784.074, Fla. Stat. (2014). On appeal from the judgment

Ramroop v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-09-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 174 So. 3d 584, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

Snippet: the identity or employment of the victim....” § 784.074(1), Fla. Stat. (2013) (emphasis added). The same

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2014-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 157 So. 3d 1027, 2015 WL 474161

Snippet: assaults — and—batteries—en—designated classes;-“784,074,-78407-5,-784.076, 784.-078,- 784.081 — 784.082

Finfrock v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-04-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 84 So. 3d 431, 2012 WL 1109024, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5170

Snippet: predator detention facility, in violation of section 784.074, Florida Statutes (2009). Because we agree with

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2008-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-10-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 994 So. 2d 1038

Snippet: assaults and batteries on designated classes: "784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083

Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 962 So. 2d 310

Snippet: assaults and batteries on designated classes: §§ 784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083