Florida Statute 794.022 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 794
SEXUAL BATTERY

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F.S. 794.022

794.022 Rules of evidence.—

(1) The testimony of the victim need not be corroborated in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04.

(2) Specific instances of prior consensual sexual activity between the victim and any person other than the offender may not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04. However, such evidence may be admitted if it is first established to the court in a proceeding in camera that such evidence may prove that the defendant was not the source of the semen, pregnancy, injury, or disease; or, when consent by the victim is at issue, such evidence may be admitted if it is first established to the court in a proceeding in camera that such evidence tends to establish a pattern of conduct or behavior on the part of the victim which is so similar to the conduct or behavior in the case that it is relevant to the issue of consent.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reputation evidence relating to a victim’s prior sexual conduct or evidence presented for the purpose of showing that manner of dress of the victim at the time of the offense incited the sexual battery may not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04.

(4) When consent of the victim is a defense to prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04, evidence of the victim’s mental incapacity or defect is admissible to prove that the consent was not intelligent, knowing, or voluntary; and the court shall instruct the jury accordingly.

(5) An offender’s use of a prophylactic device, or a victim’s request that an offender use a prophylactic device, is not, by itself, relevant to either the issue of whether or not the offense was committed or the issue of whether or not the victim consented.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-121; s. 237, ch. 77-104; s. 1, ch. 83-258; s. 1, ch. 90-40; s. 5, ch. 90-174; s. 25, ch. 93-156; s. 1, ch. 94-80; s. 5, ch. 2016-199.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 794.022

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 794.022.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 794.022

Total Results: 20

ANDREW JAMES LYDECKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-04-05T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: the victims under the rape shield statute. See § 794.022(2). Mr. Lydecker also argues that the trial court… excluded under the rape shield statute. See § 794.022(2) ("Specific instances of prior consensual…under the Florida Evidence Code; instead, section 794.022 is a codification of Florida's relevance rules

JOSEPH BLOW vs STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-09-29T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: 794 governs the crime of sexual battery. Section 794.022, Florida Statutes, sets forth rules of evidence…, Florida Evidence § 404.7 (2023 ed.). Section 794.022 is often referred to as the “rape shield” statute…under the Florida Evidence Code; instead, section 794.022 is a codification of Florida’s relevance rules … relevant to the issue of consent. § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). The plain text…expressly contemplated by the rape shield law. See § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. 2 Since the testimony concerning

RAYMOND VINCENT v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-08-02T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: convictions. The rape shield statute, section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes (2019), provides: …the semen, pregnancy, injury, or disease; …. § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. (2019) (emphasis added). As

MARLON TERRANCE MURPHY v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-05-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: unduly prejudicial character evidence. See § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat.; § 90.404, Fla. Stat.; § 90.402… evidence in a [sexual crimes] prosecution.” § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. To account for relevancy concerns…2d DCA 2000) (“The Rape Shield Statute, section 794.022, Florida Statues, . . . prohibits evidence of … to qualify for any statutory exception. See § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. This does not, however, end

GARY TIMOTHY KITCHINGS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2020-02-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: admission of that evidence was precluded by section 794.022, Florida Statutes, Florida’s rape shield law. The…inadmissible because it did not fall within section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes (2019), for evidence that

Larry Michael Thorne v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 271 So. 3d 177

Snippet: that such evidence was inadmissible under section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes, commonly referred to as the…under the Florida Evidence Code; instead, section 794.022 is a codification of Florida's relevance rules…under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04. § 794.022(2-3), Fla. Stat. (2018) (emphasis added).

Christopher Allen Teachman v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-01-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 264 So. 3d 242

Snippet: source of semen, pregnancy, injury, or disease. § 794.022, Fla. Stat.; Gomez v. State, 245 So. 3d 950, 953…under the Florida Evidence Code; instead, section 794.022 is a codification of Florida’s relevance rules …guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, may limit [section 794.022]’s application when evidence of the victim’s prior… and is precluded from admission under section 794.022, Florida Statutes. Therefore, the trial court did

JAMES AMELIO v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: The challenged instruction references section 794.022(4), Florida Statutes, and states: “Evidence of …correctly read the instruction based on section 794.022(4), Florida Statutes (2015). That section provides…accordingly.” Id. The State argues: “[b]ased on [section 794.022(4)] and the fact that consent was the defense asserted…portion of the standard instruction.” Section 794.022 is an evidentiary statute. The statute allows the

Arroyo v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: pursuant to the Rape Shield Statute, section 794.022, Florida Statutes (2010), to exclude any reference…authority of the Rape Shield Statute, section 794.022(2). See Lot v. State, 13 So. 3d 1121, 1123 (Fla…evidence” in a prosecution for sexual battery. § 794.022(2). This language clearly applies to the victim… Court, the Court noted that “[u]nder section 794.022(2), a victim’s prior sexual activity with anyone…engages in this type of explicit text messaging. § 794.022(3), Fla. Stat. (2010) (stating that “reputation

CARLOS GOMEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-25T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: employer would violate the rape shield law, section 794.022, Florida Statutes (2013). The court also determined…evidence was not relevant in this case. Section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes (2013), prohibits questioning…consensual, and thus within the ambit of section 794.022(2), it would not satisfy the similarity exception

Dylan Robinson v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: precludes this type of evidence to show consent, § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. (2014), Robinson maintains the evidence

Portillo v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 1135, 2017 WL 697729, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2348

Snippet: argues that the victim’s testimony violated section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes (2014), a subsection of Florida…victim’s testimony in this regard violated section 794.022(2), which provides in part that “[sjpecific instances…argument that the victim’s testimony violated section 794,022(2). To preserve an argument for further review,…instead based on the prohibition under section 794.022(2). Given this context, the trial court would have…that it is relevant to the issue of consent. § 794.022(2). While the first sentence of subsection (2)

In re Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-02-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 210 So. 3d 1231

Snippet: 316.066 and the rape shield statute in section 794,022 were never within scope of the [C]ommittee’s recommendations

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-02-15T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 316.066 and the rape shield statute in section 794.022 were never within scope of the [C]ommittee’s recommendations

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-INSTRUCTIONS 7.8, 7.8(A), and 11.1-11.6(A)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 3d 1055, 2016 WL 1460708

Snippet: offender. Give if applicable. § 794.022(4), Fla. Stat. . Evidence of the — victim… a sexual battery. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity …that [he] [she] was in such a position. § 794-022 (4-), Fla. Stat. Evidence of the victimas… a sexual battery. Give if requested. § 794-.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity…the crime charged. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity

Rafael Alexander Gutierrez v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-06-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 177 So. 3d 226, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 359, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 1383

Snippet: corroboration of the alleged crime, and because section 794.022(1), Florida Statutes (2012), provided that in a…corroboration” instruction, in part, because section 794.022(1) stated that the testimony of the victim need…under section 794.011, Florida Statutes. Section 794.022, titled “Rules of evidence,” addresses the admission…and any other person, with certain exceptions. § 794.022(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). The statute also precludes…the victim’s dress incited the sexual battery. § 794.022(3), Fla. Stat. (2012). The statute provides that

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-01-29T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 156 So. 3d 1037

Snippet: defense to the crime charged. Give if requested. § 794-022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is not… “Union” means contact. Give if requested. § 794..022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is not… “Union” means contact. Give if requested. § 794-022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is not

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2014-03

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-01-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: the crime charged. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is… a sexual battery. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is… a sexual battery. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is… a sexual battery. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is…Union” means contact. Give if requested. § 794.022, Fla. Stat. (Victim’s) lack of chastity is

Cooper v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-04-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 530, 2014 WL 1301510, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 4782

Snippet: prevent such cross-examination based upon section 794.022, Florida Statutes (2008) (commonly referred to …lewd or lascivious molestation and battery. See § 794.022(2)-(3), Fla. Stat. (2008) (referring, only to prosecutions

Anderson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-03-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 133 So. 3d 646, 2014 WL 996486, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 3600

Snippet: offense incited the sexual battery...." § 794.022(3), Fla. Stat. (2011). No. 1D12-2289