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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.29
817.29 Cheating.Whoever is convicted of any gross fraud or cheat at common law shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 54, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2475; GS 3344; RGS 5187; CGL 7290; s. 860, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.29
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 817.29

Total Results: 10

Aery v. Wallace Lincoln-Mercury, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-07-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 118 So. 3d 904

Snippet: Goods as New, a third degree felony; b. Section 817.29 F.S. — Cheat, also a third degree felony; c. Section

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-12-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 951 So. 2d 860

Snippet: and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (2001), and improperly accepting

Darwish v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-09-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 937 So. 2d 789

Snippet: for the third-degree felony of cheating, section 817.29, Florida Statutes (2004). Mr. Darwish was convicted… two); and cheating by false pretenses, section 817.29, a third-degree felony (count three). The parties… Cheating Statute The cheating statute, section 817.29, provides: Cheating. — Whoever is convicted of

Rollins, Inc. v. Butland

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-06-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 932 So. 2d 1172

Snippet: and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (2001), and improperly accepting

State v. Vikhlyantsev

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-08-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 622 So. 2d 1365

Snippet: Fla. 1st DCA1987). Section 817.29, Florida Statutes (1991) provides: 817.29 Cheating Whoever is convicted… appellee with cheating in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (1991). In the first appeal, …remanded for the appellee to be tried under section 817.29. State v. Vikhlyantsev, 602 So.2d 636 (Fla. 2d …court again dismissed the charge, finding section 817.29 unconstitutionally vague. The state appeals this…to dismiss the charge on the ground that section 817.29 is unconstitutionally vague. The trial court granted

State v. Vikhlyantsev

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-07-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 602 So. 2d 636

Snippet: information with cheating, in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (1989), and petit theft, in violation…count, finding that the cheating statute, section 817.29, had been repealed by implication by sections 812.012…the identical conduct is condemned under section 817.29 as a third degree felony, and on the other hand… remand for trial of the appellee under section 817.29. Reversed and remanded. SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and

Amlotte v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-05-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 435 So. 2d 249

Snippet: cheat is a felony of the third degree under section 817.29. However the inadequacy of the penalty is a problem

H. L. A. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-03-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 395 So. 2d 250

Snippet: impersonation, Section 817.02, or with cheating, Section 817.29. Compare State v. Peterson, 192 So.2d 293 (Fla.

State v. Glidewell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-04-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 311 So. 2d 126

Snippet: violations of Florida Statutes, Sections 811.021, 817.29, and 112.313(3) allegedly occurring on or about

State v. Peterson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1966-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 192 So. 2d 293

Snippet: prosecution has pursued the wrong course. Section 817.29, F.S.A. on Cheating and Fraud, as related to crime…Florida. By reason of the said sections 2.01 and 817.29, F.S.A., it seems clear that the English Statute