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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
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F.S. 790.10
790.10 Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms.If any person having or carrying any dirk, sword, sword cane, firearm, electric weapon or device, or other weapon shall, in the presence of one or more persons, exhibit the same in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 1, ch. 4532, 1897; GS 3272; RGS 5105; CGL 7207; s. 5, ch. 69-306; s. 743, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 76-165; s. 174, ch. 91-224.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 790.10
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 790.10

Total Results: 20

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-08

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-01-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 8.1 Improper exhibition of 790.10 10.5 dangerous

R. C. O., A Child v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-07-23T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner.” § 790.10, Fla. Stat. (2018); Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim

TREVOR DOOLEY v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: improper exhibition of a firearm pursuant to section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2010), and one count of openly…none of the remaining 7Section 790.10 defines improper exhibition of a firearm as follows

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-10.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 253 So. 3d 1040

Snippet: IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A [WEAPON] [FIREARM] § 790.10, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Improper… IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A WEAPON OR FIREARM - 790.10 CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT. INS. NO. None

ROGER E. CARUTHERS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-11-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 235 So. 3d 931

Snippet: Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 10.5; see also § 790.10, Fla. Stat. (2013). As to one victim, the information…is a first-degree1 misdemeanor. See §§ 784.011, 790.10, Fla. Stat. Thus, only improper exhibition of a

G.R.N. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-06-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 220 So. 3d 1267, 2017 WL 2665061, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 8977

Snippet: threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense.” § 790.10, Fla. Stat. (2016) (emphasis added). If the alleged…When a knife is the weapon involved in a section 790.10 charge, it is necessary for the state to establish

Dale Lee Norman v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-03-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 215 So. 3d 18, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 239, 2017 WL 823613, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 448

Snippet: Representative Johnson contended that because section 790.10 made it unlawful for an individual to “exhibit

Lambert v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-10-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 200 So. 3d 1295, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14802, 2016 WL 5845689

Snippet: exhibition of a dangerous weapon under section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2012). Mr. Lambert was found…his two convictions and sentences under section 790.10 for what was clearly a single criminal episode …State, 472 So.2d 734, 735 (Fla.1985) (“Section 790.10 by its express wording proscribes the act of exhibiting…persons. We approve the interpretation of section 790.10 ... that pre- *1296 eludes multiple…conviction of that offense under the language of section 790.10); Bass v. State, 739 So.2d 1243, 1246

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: improperly exhibits an antique firearm violates section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2015) — the statute upon which…foregoing in the presence of one or more persons. § 790.10, Fla. Stat. (2015). The term “firearm” is specifically…firearm” is defined within the context of section 790.10, Florida Statutes, and instruction 10.5. Given …IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A [WEAPON] [FIREARM] § 790.10, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Improper

Equan Tario Forehand v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 175 So. 3d 932

Snippet: firearm, a first-degree misdemeanor; see section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2013); and on Count 3 of attempted

Collier v. State

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

Citation: 159 So. 3d 963, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 3601, 2015 WL 1088430

Snippet: exhibition of a dangerous weapon pursuant to section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2012). That statute makes it… definition of “weapon” for purposes of section 790.10 is located in section 790.001(13). A chair, of …Thus, for a chair to be a “weapon” under section 790.10, it must be an “other deadly weapon.” To be a deadly…for purposes of improper exhibition under section 790.10. We are unconvinced that this fact changes the

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2013-06

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-11-25T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: NO. Improper Exhibition of 790.10 10.5 a Weapon or Firearm (except if the weapon

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2013-06

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-08-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 148 So. 3d 1204, 2014 WL 4636358

Snippet: the weapon is a closed common pocketknife) 790.10 10,5 Attempt_777.04(1)51 Assault

Watson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-02-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 1120, 2014 WL 493996, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1621

Snippet: firearm on that count, in violation of section 790.10, Florida Statutes, and resen-tence Appellant accordingly

Micklos v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-01-31T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1034, 2014 WL 340677, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 1156

Snippet: of a firearm, a first-degree misdemeanor. See § 790.10, Fla. Stat. (2011). He moved to dismiss the charge

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2012-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-12-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 131 So. 3d 755, 2013 WL 6305187

Snippet: firearm, if Fla. Stat. 784.021 (lYa) is charged 790.10 10.5 Assault 784.011 8.1 Attempt 777.04(1) 5.1 …784.011 8.1 Improper exhibition of dangerous weapon 790.10 10.5 Comment This instruction was approved in 1995…exhibition of a dangerous weapon or firearm, if 790,10 Fla. Stat. 784.021 flYa) is charged 10.5 Assault…5.1 Improper-exhibition-of dangerous weapons--©f 790-.-10 firearms 40r§ Discharging firearms in public_ …or firearm, if Fla. Stat. 784.02im(a] is charged 790.10 10.5 Assault 784.011 8.1 Attempt 777.04(1) 5.1

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2012-04

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-12-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 131 So. 3d 720, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 877, 2013 WL 6305393, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2640

Snippet: .5 IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A [WEAPON][FIREARM] § 790.10, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Improper Exhibition…Offenses IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A WEAPON OR FIREARM — 790.10 CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT. INS. NO. None

Christ v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-01-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 104 So. 3d 1262, 2013 WL 85454, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 308

Snippet: .2d 644, 645 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)). Under section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2009), improper exhibition of… careless, angry, or threatening manner.” See § 790.10. Because the information and the evidence presented

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 101 So. 3d 917, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 20578, 2012 WL 5969655

Snippet: State v. Johnson, 483 So.2d 420 (Fla.1986). Section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2012), prohibits the exhibition

M.J. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-11-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 100 So. 3d 1286, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 20441, 2012 WL 5933037

Snippet: wielded was a “weapon” within the meaning of section 790.10, Florida Statutes (2011). We agree and therefore…for the entry of a judgment of dismissal. Section 790.10 provides: If any person having or carrying any