Florida Statute 784.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

View Entire Chapter

F.S. 784.08

784.08 Assault or battery on persons 65 years of age or older; reclassification of offenses; minimum sentence.—

(1) A person who is convicted of an aggravated assault or aggravated battery upon a person 65 years of age or older shall be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years and fined not more than $10,000 and shall also be ordered by the sentencing judge to make restitution to the victim of such offense and to perform up to 500 hours of community service work. Restitution and community service work shall be in addition to any fine or sentence which may be imposed and shall not be in lieu thereof.

(2) Whenever a person is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon a person 65 years of age or older, regardless of whether he or she knows or has reason to know the age 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 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.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or withheld.

History.—s. 1, ch. 89-327; s. 1, ch. 92-50; s. 18, ch. 93-406; s. 1200, ch. 97-102; s. 19, ch. 97-194; s. 5, ch. 99-188; s. 1, ch. 2002-208.

F.S. 784.08 on Google Scholar

F.S. 784.08 on Casetext

Amendments to 784.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.08

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

S784.08 - ASSAULT - REMOVED - U: U

S784.08 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER - F: F

S784.08 2b - ASSAULT - AGG ASSAULT ON PERSON 65 YOA OR OLDER - F: S

S784.08 2c - BATTERY - ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER - F: T

S784.08 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.08

Total Results: 20

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. DEBORAH KIRSHNER AND STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-02-02T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: this order that DCF seeks certiorari 1 See § 784.08(2)(a), Fla. Stat. 2 Section 916.13(1) provides

Reggie Eugene Allen v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-09-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: would be misdemeanor battery on a younger adult. § 784.08(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2020). The special protections

Reggie Eugene Allen v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-09-02T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: would be misdemeanor battery on a younger adult. § 784.08(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2020). The special protections

Fernandez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-01-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 263 So. 3d 224

Snippet: spite, or evil intent), and holding that section 784.08(4) requires proof of legal malice); Fla. Std. J

Fernandez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-01-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 263 So. 3d 224

Snippet: spite, or evil intent), and holding that section 784.08(4) requires proof of legal malice); Fla. Std. J

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

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

Snippet: Instruction 8.16, under the italicized heading “§ 784.08(2),” the word “defendant” was changed to unbolded

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

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

Snippet: reason to know the age of the victim, citing section 784.08(2), Florida Statutes (2018). 1. We decline…65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER § 784.08(2)(c), Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of … at the time 65 years of age or older. § 784.08(2), Fla. Stat. It is not necessary for the…YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER — 784.08(2)(c) CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT

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: reason to know the age of the victim, citing section 784.08(2), Florida Statutes (2018). Last, instruction…BATTERY ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER § 784.08(2)(c), Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of …at the time 65 years of age or older. § 784.08(2), Fla. Stat. It is not necessary… BATTERY ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER - 784.08(2)(c) CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT. INS.

DCF v. Kamaluddin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-03-04T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: well-being; or 1 §§ 784.03(1)(a), 784.08(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2017). 2 Section 916.12

Brenton McNeil v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-04-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 215 So. 3d 55, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 453, 2017 WL 1366131, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 828

Snippet: 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085

Jahman Whitfield v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-10-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 3d 456, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 16042

Snippet: older. § 784.08(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Both are third-degree felonies. §§ 784.041(3); 784.08(2)(c), Fla…simple battery. See §§ 784.041(2)(a); 784.08(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Therefore, prohibitions

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-REPORT NO. 2015-06

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-06-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 195 So. 3d 356, 2016 WL 3450481

Snippet: ASSAULT ON PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER § 784.08(2)(b), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Aggravated

Ortiz v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 192 So. 3d 517, 2016 WL 1718845, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6547

Snippet: second degree to a felony of the first degree. § 784.08(2)(a). The State’s amended information against …years of age or older; contrary to Chapter. 784.045/784.08(2)(a), Florida Statutes, and against the peace …sixty-five years of age or older, sections 784.03(1) and 784.08(2)(c), a felony of the third degree, and for resentencing

Richard Walker v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 193 So. 3d 946, 2016 WL 1579077, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5994

Snippet: third degree felony and a violation of sections 784.08(1), 784.07(l)(e), and 784.07(2)(b), Florida Statutes

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-INSTRUCTIONS 7.8, 7.8(A), and 11.1-11.6(A)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 1055, 2016 WL 1460708

Snippet: Victim less than 16)*_;___ '_ Battery_784.08(l)(a)l._&3_ __Sexual-battery_79401-1(4-)_⅛⅛

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: battery on persons 65 years of age or older — section 784.08 — was previously interpreted by courts as requiring…has reason to know the age of the victim.” See § 784.08(2), Fla. Stat. (2013); id. Relatedly, the Flori

McNeil v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 162 So. 3d 274, 2015 WL 1071158

Snippet: 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085… 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085

McMichael v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-12-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 152 So. 3d 821, 2014 WL 7009673

Snippet: battery to a third-degree felony pursuant to section 784.08(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2006). Cf. Cochran… conviction under an earlier version of section 784.08(2)(b) for aggravated battery on a person sixty-

Mickens v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-05-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 138 So. 3d 595, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 6938, 2014 WL 1876153

Snippet: offense of battery as to her male friend. See § 784.08(1). The problem in this case arose during the jury

Crittenden v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1170, 2014 WL 1415189, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5431

Snippet: or older at the time of the altercation. Section 784.08, Florida Statutes (2013), provides, in part: (2…first degree to a felony of the third degree. § 784.08(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2013). The appellant’s argument