Florida Statute 790.161 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLVI
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Chapter 790
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F.S. 790.161

790.161 Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties.—A person who willfully and unlawfully makes, possesses, throws, projects, places, discharges, or attempts to make, possess, throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device:

(1) Commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

(2) If the act is perpetrated with the intent to do bodily harm to any person, or with the intent to do property damage, or if the act results in a disruption of governmental operations, commerce, or the private affairs of another person, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

(3) If the act results in bodily harm to another person or in property damage, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

(4) If the act results in the death of another person, commits a capital felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082. In the event the death penalty in a capital felony is held to be unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court, the court having jurisdiction over a person previously sentenced to death for a capital felony shall cause such person to be brought before the court, and the court shall sentence such person to life imprisonment if convicted of murder in the first degree or of a capital felony under this subsection, and such person shall be ineligible for parole. No sentence of death shall be reduced as a result of a determination that a method of execution is held to be unconstitutional under the State Constitution or the Constitution of the United States.

History.—s. 1, ch. 59-29; s. 6, ch. 69-306; s. 1, ch. 70-85; s. 747, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 72-724; s. 2, ch. 76-38; s. 44, ch. 88-381; s. 3, ch. 90-124; s. 3, ch. 90-176; s. 19, ch. 93-406; s. 2, ch. 94-228; s. 3, ch. 98-3.

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Amendments to 790.161

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 790.161

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

S790.161 1 - EXPLOSIVES-USING - THROW PROJECT ETC ATTEMPT DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE - F: T

S790.161 1 - EXPLOSIVES-POSSESSING - MAKE OR ATTEMPT TO MAKE DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE - F: T

S790.161 2 - EXPLOSIVES-USING - PROJECT ETC ATT DESTRUCT DVC WIT BODILY HARM - F: S

S790.161 2 - EXPLOSIVES-POSSESSING - MAKE OR ATT DESTRUCT DVC WIT CAUSE BODILY HARM - F: S

S790.161 3 - EXPLOSIVES-USING - THROW ETC DESTRUCT DVC BODILY HARM PROP DMG - F: F

S790.161 3 - EXPLOSIVES-POSSESSING - MAKE ATT DESTRUCTIVE DVC WIT HARM OR DMG PROP - F: F

S790.161 4 - EXPLOSIVES-USING - THROW ETC ATT DESTRUCT DEVICE RESULT IN DEATH - F: C

S790.161 4 - EXPLOSIVES-POSSESSING - MAKE ATTEMPT DESTRUCTIVE DVC RESULT IN DEATH - F: C

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 790.161

Total Results: 20

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-04

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-12-19

Snippet: amended to include “possessing” to track section 790.161, Florida Statutes (2018), and the concept of “possession

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-08.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-12-13

Citation: 259 So. 3d 754

Snippet: DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE RESULTING IN DEATH § 790.161(4), Fla._Stat. In the absence of an express

Angelo Atwell v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-05-26

Citation: 197 So. 3d 1040, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 244, 2016 WL 3010795, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 1124

Snippet: the first degree or of a capital felony under s. 790.161, shall be ineligible for parole. § 775.082(l)(a)

Schoonover v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-08-21

Citation: 176 So. 3d 994, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 12528, 2015 WL 4945022

Snippet: discharging a destructive device under section 790.161(3), Florida Statutes (2013). No other issue warrants

Gross v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-05-09

Citation: 138 So. 3d 590, 2014 WL 1839108, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 6895

Snippet: and REMANDED. COHEN and WALLIS, JJ„ concur. . § 790.161(2), Fla. Stat. (2009). . Fortunately, the subsequent

Insko v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-09-20

Citation: 969 So. 2d 992, 2007 WL 2727127

Snippet: 806.101, or "commits a felony," see, e.g., id. § 790.161(1). Standing alone, the definition "merely describe[s]

Robinson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-05-11

Citation: 955 So. 2d 1230, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 7154, 2007 WL 1372947

Snippet: first degree or a capital felony under section 790.161, Florida Statutes, was required to be sentenced

Negron v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-07-12

Citation: 932 So. 2d 1250, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 11606, 2006 WL 1899909

Snippet: the first degree or of a capital felony under s. 790.161, shall he ineligible for parole, or (b) If convicted

Wallace v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-11-19

Citation: 860 So. 2d 494, 2003 WL 22715824

Snippet: charged with and convicted of a violation of section 790.161, Florida Statutes (1999), which provides that "[a]

State v. Fratello

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-12-27

Citation: 835 So. 2d 312, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 19249, 2002 WL 31875023

Snippet: bribery, or extortion; any felony violation of ss. 790.161-790.166, inclusive; any violation of chapter 893;

Provenzano v. Moore

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-09-24

Citation: 744 So. 2d 413, 1999 WL 756012

Snippet: Notwithstanding s. 775.082(2), s. 775.15(1)(a), or s. 790.161(4), or any other provision to the contrary, no

Standard Jury Instructions

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-07-16

Citation: 723 So. 2d 123

Snippet: Attempt firearms in public 790.161(1) Possessing, None

P.W.G. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-12-11

Citation: 702 So. 2d 488, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 753, 1997 Fla. LEXIS 2097

Snippet: concur. ANSTEAD, J., concurs in result only. . § 790.161(1), Fla. Stat. (1995) (third-degree felony if committed

PWG v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-12-11

Citation: 702 So. 2d 488, 1997 WL 758803

Snippet: ANSTEAD, J., concurs in result only. NOTES [1] § 790.161(1), Fla. Stat. (1995) (third-degree felony if committed

Britt v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-02-07

Citation: 687 So. 2d 930, 1997 WL 47636

Snippet: (1995). [3] § 790.164, Fla. Stat. (1995). [4] § 790.161, Fla. Stat. (1995).

In Re Jury Inst. in Criminal Cases

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-08-29

Citation: 678 So. 2d 1224, 1996 WL 268004

Snippet: the first degree or of a capital felony under s. 790.161, shall be ineligible for parole, or (b) If convicted

State v. Mitchell

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-24

Citation: 652 So. 2d 473, 1995 WL 123620

Snippet: discharging a destructive device in violation of section 790.161, Florida Statutes (1991), and declaring unconstitutional

Downs v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-04-08

Citation: 616 So. 2d 444, 1993 WL 102058

Snippet: mandatory sentence provided for in subsection 790.161(3), Florida Statutes (1983), for using a destructive

Standard Jury Instructions-Criminal Cases

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-07-02

Citation: 603 So. 2d 1175, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 400, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1220, 1992 WL 148230

Snippet: DISCHARGING DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (New) F.S. 790.161(1) Before you can find the defendant

Fraser v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-06-26

Citation: 600 So. 2d 1306, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 6749, 1992 WL 143603

Snippet: resulting in bodily injury as defined in section 790.161, Florida Statutes, and that under the allegations