Florida Statute 790.162 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS

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F.S. 790.162

790.162 Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty.—It is unlawful for any person to threaten to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device with intent to do bodily harm to any person or with intent to do damage to any property of any person, and any person convicted thereof commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 2, ch. 59-29; s. 7, ch. 69-306; s. 748, ch. 71-136; s. 45, ch. 88-381; s. 4, ch. 90-124; s. 4, ch. 90-176.

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Amendments to 790.162

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 790.162

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

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Cases Citing Statute 790.162

Total Results: 15

L. C. v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-11-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: charged for his shooting statements. Section 790.162 makes it unlawful to threaten to place a bomb, …use of firearms in a violent manner. Compare § 790.162 with § 790.163. When the legislature has included

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-04

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-11-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: clear that the offense as charged under section 790.162, Florida Statutes (2017) (Threat to throw, project…DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE § 790.162, Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of (crime…DISCHARGE ANY DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE — 790.162 CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT.

Lanier v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-05-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 983 So. 2d 658

Snippet: destructive devicea bombin violation of section 790.162, Florida Statutes (2007), possession of cocaine

Dragani v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 759 So. 2d 745

Snippet: NOTES [1] § 812.13, Fla. Stat. (1997). [2] § 790.162, Fla. Stat. (1997). [3] § 782.082(8), Fla. Stat

Standard Jury Instructions

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-07-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 723 So. 2d 123

Snippet: device - 790.161(3) 790.162 Threat to throw, None

Keene v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-03-07T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 689 So. 2d 1176, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 2062, 1997 WL 101244

Snippet: the jBradenton Herald, in violation of section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1993). Before trial, Keene filed

Brown v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-10-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 587 So. 2d 563, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 9861, 1991 WL 199929

Snippet: discharge any destructive device, contrary to section 790.162. As noted, the trial court departed from the guidelines

In Re Stan. Jury Instr. in Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-03-29T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 1205

Snippet: change suggested in the (88-1) report. 5. Section 790.162, Florida Statutes, was amended by Chapter 88-381…DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE F.S. 790.162 Before you can find the

Spellman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-07-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 529 So. 2d 305

Snippet: device with intent to do bodily harm," § 790.162, Fla. Stat. (1985), which have been construed as

McGee v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-02-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 463 So. 2d 422, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 306, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12174

Snippet: Whether, in order to prove a violation of section 790.162, Florida Statutes, defining the crime of threatening

Valdes v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-12-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 443 So. 2d 221

Snippet: him with violating Section 790.162. It is contended that Section 790.162 requires the State to prove …discharge a destructive device in violation of Section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1981). He contends on appeal…failed to prove an essential element of Section 790.162 and that the trial court should have suppressed… in order to obtain a conviction under Section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1981), the State need not prove

Valdes v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-12-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 443 So. 2d 223

Snippet: discharge a destructive device in violation of Section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1981). Two of the points which…with unarmed robbery and with violating Section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1981). When the case came to

Reid v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-11-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 405 So. 2d 500

Snippet: to throw a destructive device. Section 790.162 reads: 790.162 Threat to throw, place or discharge any…This case involves the construction of section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1979). Appellant entered a bank… do bodily harm or damage to property. Section 790.162, which essentially tracks the same language, was… Viewed in this context, we think that section 790.162 requires only that the threat must convey an intent

Smith v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-03-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 344 So. 2d 905

Snippet: to damage the property, in violation of Section 790.162 Florida Statutes 1975. In a second count the defendant

Grizzard v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1962-03-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 139 So. 2d 161, 93 A.L.R. 2d 300, 1962 Fla. App. LEXIS 3464

Snippet: 59-29, supra, which appear as Secs. 790.161 and 790.162, Fla.Stat. 1959, F.S.A., concern throwing, placing