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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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784.085 Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
(1) It is unlawful for any person, except a child as defined in this section, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, or urine or feces by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling such fluid or material.
(2) Any person, except a child as defined in this section, who violates this section commits battery of a child, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) As used in this section, the term “child” means a person under 18 years of age.
History.s. 85, ch. 2000-139.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.085
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.085 - BATTERY - OVER 18 YOA CAUSE UND 18 CONTACT W BODY FLUIDS - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 784.085

Total Results: 17

United States v. Johnson, 528 F.3d 1318 (11th Cir. 2008).

Cited 41 times | Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 11520, 2008 WL 2221844

...Our conclusion here is consistent with our recent decision in United States v. Young, No. 07-14780 ___ F.3d ___ (11th Cir. May 19, 2008). That case involved the issue of whether the Florida crime of using fluids to commit battery of a child, Fla. Stat. § 784.085, is a crime of violence within the meaning of U.S.S.G....

Sammir A. Poveda v. U.S. Attorney General, 692 F.3d 1168 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 41 times | Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2012 WL 3655293, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18159

...lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-100, 111 Stat. 2160, 2193 (1997). In 2007, a Florida court convicted Poveda of the offense of battery on a child by bodily fluids, see Fla. Stat. Ann. § 784.085(1), and soon afterward, the Department of Homeland Security commenced removal proceedings against him, see 8 U.S.C....

VKE v. State, 934 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 29 times | Published

Supreme Court of Florida | 2006 WL 1838948

...(2005) (felony battery). Several are inconsistent with the concept of domestic violence, see § 784.082, Fla. Stat. (2005) (assault or battery by person who is being detained in a prison, jail, etc.); § 784.048, Fla. Stat. (2005) (stalking), or the concept of rape, see § 784.085, Fla....

United States v. Young, 527 F.3d 1274 (11th Cir. 2008).

Cited 18 times | Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2008 WL 2080963

...statutory definition of the prior offense.” United States v. Llanos-Agostadero, 486 F.3d 1194, 1196-97 (11th Cir. 2007) (construing § 2L1.2(b)(1) enhancement). III. Young pled guilty to violating Florida Statute § 784.085, “Battery of a Child by Throwing, Tossing, Projecting, or Expelling Certain Fluids or Materials,” which is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Fla. Stat. § 784.085 1; Fla....
...According to the statute, it is “unlawful for any person... to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, or urine or feces by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling such fluid or material.” Fla. Stat. § 784.085. 1 Regarding the battery conviction, at the age of 19, Young engaged in sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. 4 According to Florida law, a battery occurs when a...
...Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2003)). V. After reviewing the record and reading the parties’ briefs, we conclude that the district court did not err in determining that a conviction for violating Florida Statute § 784.085, “Battery of a Child by Throwing, Tossing, Projecting, or Expelling Certain Fluids or Materials,” is a crime of violence for purposes of the career offender enhancement....
...The use of physical force against another is an element of the statute. The statute at issue, while nominally entitled a battery, requires the violator to cause the child to come into contact with bodily fluids, by “throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling” the fluids. Fla. Stat. § 784.085....

Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 6 times | Published

Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 2012 WL 4009511, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1799

excepted children from being prosecuted under section 784.085, which states that “any person, except a child

Jimmy Pierre v. U.S. Attorney General, 879 F.3d 1241 (11th Cir. 2018).

Cited 3 times | Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

urine, or feces, in violation of Florida Statute § 784.085. After review and with the benefit of oral

Rafael Jacob Stoffel v. State of Florida, 247 So. 3d 89 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018).

Cited 1 times | Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

other factors not alleged or proven here. See § 784.085, Fla. Stat.; § 827.03(1)(a)&(b), Fla. Stat

V.K.E. v. State, 934 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published

Supreme Court of Florida | 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 505, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 1475

(2005) (stalking), or the concept of rape, see § 784.085, Fla. Stat. (2005) (battery of a child by throwing

Felts v. State, 941 So. 2d 472 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Published

Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 18288, 2006 WL 3078936

of a child by bodily fluids in violation of section 784.085. In each of these counts, the defendant was

State v. S.C., 762 So. 2d 1008 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Published

Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8756, 2000 WL 959508

him with aggravated battery in violation of section 784.0085(l)(a)(2) Florida Statutes (1997). The information'

BRITTANY BUDLOVE v. TANYA LEWIS (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

and cannot enjoin Budlove from making. Section 784.085(1), Florida Statutes (2021), "create[s]

BRITTANY BUDLOVE v. JONETTA JOHNSON (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

and cannot enjoin Budlove from making. Section 784.085(1), Florida Statutes (2021), "create[s]

BRITTANY BUDLOVE v. RAFAELA MCCOY (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

and cannot enjoin Budlove from making. Section 784.085(1), Florida Statutes (2021), "create[s]

BRITTANY BUDLOVE v. SUSANNE CAMPBELL (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

and cannot enjoin Budlove from making. Section 784.085(1), Florida Statutes (2021), "create[s]

BRITTANY BUDLOVE v. WILLIAM JOHNSON (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2023).

Published

District Court of Appeal of Florida

and cannot enjoin Budlove from making. Section 784.085(1), Florida Statutes (2021), "create[s]

Ariel Marcelo Bastias v. U.S. Attorney General (11th Cir. 2022).

Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

conviction for child battery under Fla. Stat. § 784.085 was a “crime of child abuse” under the same provision

Ariel Marcelo Bastias v. U.S. Attorney General (11th Cir. 2022).

Published

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

conviction for child battery under Fla. Stat. § 784.085 was a “crime of child abuse” under the same provision

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