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Fla. Stat. § 784.075 (2025)
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.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.075
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§784.075BATTERYBATTERY ON DETENTION STAFF/JUV PROB OFFICER
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 2000–2012 · leading case: Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012).
Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012). “§ 784.075, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added).”
G.S. v. State, 761 So. 2d 1229 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “§ 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, 775 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). “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, 761 So. 2d 1229 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “§ 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, 775 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). “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, 920 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). “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, 755 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). “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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