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Florida Statute 784.074 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 784.074 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 784.074 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.
(c) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the first degree to a felony of the third 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.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.074

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§784.074(1a)AGGRAV BATTERYAGG BATTERY ON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITYF · 1st
§784.074(1b)ASSAULTON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITYF · 2nd
§784.074(1c)BATTERYBATTERY ON STAFF OF SEX VIOL PRED FACILITYF · 3rd
§784.074(1d)SIMPLE ASSLTASSAULT ON STAFF OF SEX PRED FACILITYM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 784.074

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·Finfrock v. State, 84 So. 3d 431 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1109024, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5170

KHOUZAM, Judge. Joseph W. Finfrock appeals following his conviction for battery of a staff member at a sexually violent predator detention facility, in violation of section 784.074, Florida Statutes (2009)....
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·Ramroop v. State, 174 So. 3d 584 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

...nt predators detention or commitment facility ... 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....” § 784.074(1), Fla....
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United States v. Smith, 725 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (M.D. Fla. 2010).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72225, 2010 WL 2836616

...For example, a simple battery committed upon a law enforcement officer is treated as a felony, Fla. Stat. § 784.07(2)(b), as is a simple battery committed upon a known staff member of a sexually violent predator detention or commitment facility, Fla. Stat. § 784.074(1)(c), and as is a simple battery committed on a person sixty-five years of age or older, Fla....
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William Allen King v. State of Florida, 263 So. 3d 244 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...General, Tallahassee, and Bilal Ahmed Faruqui, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, Judge. A jury found William A. King guilty of battery on a staff member of a detention facility for sexually violent predators. See § 784.074, Fla....

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