784.075

Battery on detention or commitment facility staff or a juvenile probation officer.

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784.075 Battery on detention or commitment facility staff or a juvenile probation officer.A person who commits a battery on a juvenile probation officer, as defined in s. 985.03, on other staff of a detention center or facility as defined in s. 984.03 or s. 985.03, or on a staff member of a commitment facility as defined in s. 985.03, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice.
History.s. 13, ch. 93-230; s. 71, ch. 94-209; s. 21, ch. 95-152; s. 3, ch. 96-398; s. 49, ch. 98-280; s. 160, ch. 98-403; s. 97, ch. 99-3; s. 24, ch. 99-284; s. 1, ch. 2000-134; s. 9, ch. 2000-135; s. 23, ch. 2001-64; s. 15, ch. 2005-263; s. 45, ch. 2025-153.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2000–2012 · leading case: Hopkins v. State
Hopkins v. State (2012) fla · cites it 4× “§ 784.075, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added).”
G.S. v. State (2000) fladistctapp · cites it 10× “§ 784.075, Fla. Stat. (1998). The respondent appeals his conviction and sentence asserting that FKCS is not a facility listed in Section 784.”
D.C.W. v. State (2000) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “entered a plea of no contest to the charge of battery on a detention facility staff member in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998).”
GS v. State (2000) fladistctapp · cites it 10× “§ 784.075, Fla. Stat. (1998). The respondent appeals his conviction and sentence asserting that FKCS is not a facility listed in Section 784.”
DCW v. State (2000) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “entered a plea of no contest to the charge of battery on a detention facility staff member in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998).”
J.D. v. State (2006) fladistctapp · cites it 3× “guilty of battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member, in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (2003), and adjudicated the child delinquent.”
Presley v. State (2000) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “Appellant was properly convicted of battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member pursuant to section 784.075, Florida Statutes (1999), because the state proved that he assaulted a staff member of a commitment facility as defined in section 985.”
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