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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.082

784.082 Assault or battery by a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility upon visitor or other detainee; reclassification of offenses.—Whenever a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon any visitor to the detention facility or upon any other detainee in the detention facility, the offense for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

(1) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.

(2) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.

(3) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the first degree to a felony of the third degree.

(4) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

History.—s. 4, ch. 96-293.

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Amendments to 784.082

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.082

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

S784.082 1 - AGGRAV BATTERY - BY PERSON DETAINED IN PRISON OR JAIL FACILITY - F: F

S784.082 2 - ASSAULT - AGG ASSLT BY PERSON DETAIN IN PRISON/JAIL FAC - F: S

S784.082 3 - BATTERY - BY PERSON DETAINED IN PRISON OR JAIL FACILITY - F: T

S784.082 4 - SIMPLE ASSLT - BY PERSON DETAINED IN PRISON OR JAIL FACILITY - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.082

Total Results: 20

Jerry Richardson v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: with one count of detainee battery under section 784.082(3), Florida Statutes, and one count of felony battery…battery.” The two statutes of conviction—sections 784.082 and 784.03—are located in the chapter titled, “…conduct involved in the offense. Cf. id. Section 784.082(3), in effect, reclassifies battery from a misdemeanor…To the contrary, detainee battery under section 784.082(3) addresses detainee safety and institutional

Taylor v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-12-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: definitions from chapter 985 when interpreting section 784.082, Florida Statutes (2007), to determine whether …quot;detention facility" as used in section 784.082 included juvenile detention centers).

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: 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, or s. 794.011, the court

Lewis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 279, 2017 WL 486987, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1442

Snippet: visitor or other detainee in violation of section 784.082, Florida Statutes.3 Therefore it was per se reversible…finding that a defendant committed a battery. § 784.082, Fla. Stat. . Unlikely though it may be here,

& SC13-2330 Michael A. Hernandez, Jr. v. State of Florida and Michael A. Hernandez, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-09-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 180 So. 3d 978

Snippet: dropped on the floor. 9 . Section 784.082(3), Florida Statutes (2007), provides in pertinent…reclassified to a felony of the third degree. § 784.082(3), Fla. Stat. (2007). FN5 . Cheryl

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: 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, s. 794.011, or for any… 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, or s. 794.011, the court

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: 784,074,-78407-5,-784.076, 784.-078,- 784.081 — 784.082, 784083, and 784Q85t See Spurgeon v.

State of Florida v. Harry James Chubbuck

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 141 So. 3d 1163, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 437, 2014 WL 2765926, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1982

Snippet: juvenile detention centers from the scope of section 784.082, it would have said so.”); Am. Bankers Life Assurance

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report No. 2013-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-11-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 126 So. 3d 248, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 827, 2013 WL 6013214, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2471

Snippet: upon another detainee or a visitor, under section 784.082, Florida Statutes (2012), does not currently exist…DETAINEE UPON [ANOTHER DETAINEE] [A VISITOR] § 784.082, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of (insert crime…2013. . In Hopkins, the Court held that section 784.082 of the Florida Statutes (2007) applied to juveniles

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: 1968)). Section 784.082 applies to a “person,” i.e., adults as well as juveniles. § 784.082, Fla. Stat. (…section 784.082 to apply to juvenile detention centers is confirmed when reading section 784.082 in pan…battery by detainee charge pursuant to section 784.082, Florida Statutes (2007), applies to juvenile detention…a “detention facility” for purposes of section 784.082. Therefore, we approve the Fourth District’s decision…by detainee in violation of sections 784.03 and 784.082, Florida Statutes (2007). At the time of the alleged

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report No. 2011-03

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 95 So. 3d 868, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 352, 2012 WL 2848895, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 961

Snippet: instruction for the offense defined under section 784.082, Florida Statutes (2011) — “Assault or battery

Green v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-02-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 84 So. 3d 356, 2012 WL 603559, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 2940

Snippet: detainee in a detention facility, pursuant to section 784.082, Florida Statutes. He asserts that the dual convictions… offenses for each wound. In addition, section 784.082, Florida Statutes, provides for the “reclassification…already charged. Under the clear language of section 784.082, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated

State v. Converse

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-01-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 78 So. 3d 78, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 672, 2012 WL 162031

Snippet: , C.J., and GRIFFIN, J., concur. NOTES [1] §§ 784.082(1), .045, Fla. Stat. (2008). [2] The State cites

Page v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-11-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 74 So. 3d 1131, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18410, 2011 WL 5598334

Snippet: third-degree felony is five years imprisonment. See § 784.082(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (2010). The sentence imposed

State v. Hopkins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-12-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 47 So. 3d 974, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18298, 2010 WL 4861717

Snippet: a detainee in violation of sections 784.03 and 784.082, Florida Statutes (2009). The defendant filed a

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: quot;784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction was adopted

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: § 784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction was adopted

Gatlin v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-11-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 940 So. 2d 1274

Snippet: aggravated battery by a jail detainee," § 784.082, Fla. Stat. (2001), and the resulting sentence

VKE v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2006-07-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 934 So. 2d 1276

Snippet: inconsistent with the concept of domestic violence, see § 784.082, Fla. Stat. (2005) (assault or battery by person

V.K.E. v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2006-07-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 934 So. 2d 1276, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 505, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 1475

Snippet: inconsistent with the concept of domestic violence, see § 784.082, Fla. Stat. (2005) (assault or battery by person