Florida Statute 784.078 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.078

784.078 Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials.—

(1) As used in this section, the term “facility” means a state correctional institution defined in s. 944.02(8); a contractor-operated correctional facility defined in s. 944.710 or under chapter 957; a county, municipal, or regional jail or other detention facility of local government under chapter 950 or chapter 951; or a secure facility operated and maintained by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(2)(a) As used in this section, the term “employee” includes any person employed by or performing contractual services for a public or private entity operating a facility or any person employed by or performing contractual services for the corporation operating the prison industry enhancement programs or the correctional work programs, pursuant to part II of chapter 946.

(b) “Employee” includes any person who is a parole examiner with the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

(3)(a) It is unlawful for any person, while being detained in a facility and with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm a person in a facility whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be an employee of such facility, to cause or attempt to cause such employee to come into contact with blood, masticated food, regurgitated food, saliva, seminal fluid, or urine or feces, whether by throwing, tossing, or expelling such fluid or material.

(b) Any person who violates paragraph (a) commits battery of a facility employee, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2001-244; s. 16, ch. 2014-191; s. 94, ch. 2015-2; s. 12, ch. 2024-84.

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Amendments to 784.078

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.078

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

S784.078 - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8824 - F: T

S784.078 3 - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7449 - F: T

S784.078 3a - BATTERY - DETENTION FACILITY EMP W FLUIDS MATERIALS - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.078

Total Results: 10

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-11

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-12-27T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: is amended to reflect the language in section 784.078, Florida Statutes (2018) (Battery of facility …battery statutes, but is not found in section 784.078, Florida Statutes. Instruction 8.20 is also amended…CERTAIN FLUIDS OR MATERIALS) § 784.078, Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of Battery…facility employee. Definitions. § 784.078(1), Fla. Stat. Additional definitions of the specific…or the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.078(2), Fla. Stat. An “employee” is any person

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-11.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-12-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 260 So. 3d 930

Snippet: is amended to reflect the language in section 784.078, Florida Statutes (2018) (Battery of facility employee… battery statutes, but is not found in section 784.078, Florida Statutes. Instruction 8.20 is also amended…EXPELLING CERTAIN FLUIDS OR MATERIALS) § 784.078, Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of Battery…employee. Definitions . § 784.078(1), Fla. Stat. Additional definitions of the specific…the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.078(2), Fla. Stat. An "employee"

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: and—batteries—en—designated classes;-“784,074,-78407-5,-784.076, 784.-078,- 784.081 — 784.082, 784083, and 784Q85t

Hopkins v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-09-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 105 So. 3d 470, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 2012 WL 4009511, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1799

Snippet: contained in chapter 784. See §§ 784.076, 784.085, 784.078, Fla. Stat. (2007). Pursuant to section 784.076…. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added). Under section 784.078, Florida Statutes (2007), the battery of a facility…contact with [specified fluids or materials]. § 784.078(3)(a), (b), Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added).…Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.078(1), Fla. Stat. In section 784.082, the Legislature

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: designated classes: "784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction

Lanier v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-05-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 983 So. 2d 658

Snippet: on a facility employee, in violation of section 784.078, Florida Statutes (2002), and threatening a public

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: designated classes: §§ 784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction

Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Submission 2002-1

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2003-07-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 850 So. 2d 1272, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 572, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1146, 2003 WL 21511321

Snippet: correctional facility 8.20 BATTERY ON FACILITY EMPLOYEE § 784.078, Fla.Stat. To prove the crime of Battery on a Facility…Included Offenses BATTERY ON FACILITY EMPLOYEE — 784.078 CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT. INS. NO. None

Robinson v. Prall

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1919-08-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 78 Fla. 269, 82 So. 784, 1919 Fla. LEXIS 456

Snippet: Wife v. George T. Prall 2 August 1919 82 So. 784, 78 Fla. 269, 1919 Fla. LEXIS 456 H. L. Anderson,

State ex rel. Dyess v. Pellam

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1919-08-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 78 Fla. 252, 82 So. 784

Snippet: Baker County, in Error 1 August 1919 82 So. 784, 78 Fla. 252 A. J. Henry, for Plaintiffs in Error;