Florida Statute 836.05 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES

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F.S. 836.05

836.05 Threats; extortion.—

(1) Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) A person who commits a violation of subsection (1) and at the time of the violation is acting as a foreign agent, as defined in s. 812.081(1), with the intent of benefiting a foreign country of concern, as defined in s. 692.201, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 42, sub-ch. 3, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2420; GS 3261; RGS 5092; CGL 7194; s. 1, ch. 57-254; s. 991, ch. 71-136; s. 1307, ch. 97-102; s. 11, ch. 2023-33.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 836.05

Level: Degree
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 836.05

Total Results: 20

Kevin F. Tomlinson v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-08-24T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: conviction under Florida’s extortion law, section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2015)? In the decision before… Court of Appeal said no, holding that section 836.05 requires the State to prove that the defendant …District concluded that “maliciously” in section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2009), requires proof that the… him with two counts of extortion under section 836.05. B At …At the time of Tomlinson’s arrest, section 836.05 provided: Whoever, either verbally or by a written

KEVIN F. TOMLINSON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-06-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2020). Section 836.05 provides: Whoever…CONVICTION FOR THE CRIME OF EXTORTION UNDER SECTION 836.05, FLORIDA STATUTES?” Id. 1 “Although we think… person to do an act against his or her will. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. “[T]he extortionist need not hate …greed, not hatred. “Taking the text of [section 836.05] as a whole, and considering its context and the

Hector Sanchez-Torres v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-05-13T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: threaten” someone for certain enumerated benefits, § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2019), and Florida courts have

Hector Sanchez-Torres v. State of Florida & Hector Sanchez-Torres v. Mark S. Inch, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-03-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: threaten” someone for certain enumerated benefits, § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2019), and Florida courts have

Anthony Doyle v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-02-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: convictions and sentences for extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2015), and written threats to…precluded convictions on both charges. Section 836.05, “Threats; extortion,” provides: …, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2015). Section 836.10, “Written…included for an extortion conviction under section 836.05. Alternatively, he suggests that even if the crimes…subsumed by an extortion conviction under section 836.05. The State responds that each offense contains

DEBBIE O'FLAHERTY-LEWIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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

Citation: 230 So. 3d 15

Snippet: from doing any act against his or her will.” § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2015). “Maliciously” means intentionally

J.A.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: interpreting Florida's extortion statute, section 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009), "to mean that the intent

J.A.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 210 So. 3d 142, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14467

Snippet: interpreting Florida’s extortion statute, section 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009), “to mean that the intent to

Kingland Estates, Ltd. v. Davis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-06-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 170 So. 3d 825, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8785, 2015 WL 3609072

Snippet: on the daughter’s blog in violation of sections 836.05, 836.10, 895.02 of the Florida Statutes; b

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-07

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-07-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 143 So. 3d 893, 2014 WL 3361905

Snippet: [95 So.3d 868] and 2014. 8.23 EXTORTION § 836.05, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Extortion

Calamia v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-06-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 125 So. 3d 1007, 2013 WL 3238304, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10304

Snippet: term “maliciously” in the extortion statute. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009). Calamia also contends that …Calamia with ex*1009tortion pursuant to section 836.05. The case went to trial, and a jury convicted Calamia…provided in s.775.082, s.775.083, or s.775.084. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009) (emphasis added). At trial, …convictions on both the extortion statute, section 836.05, and the statute criminalizing a threat of bodily…acting against his will. 634 So.2d at 1094 (citing § 836.05, Fla. Stat.). The statement implies that the *1012person

Duan v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-12-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 970 So. 2d 903

Snippet: jury conviction for extortion, pursuant to section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2006), should be reversed because…the elements of extortion, set forth in section 836.05, Florida Statutes. In response, the State conceded…motion for judgment of acquittal, because section 836.05, Florida Statutes, does not include threats of …extorting money or other pecuniary gain. Section 836.05, Florida Statutes, provides: Whoever, either verbally…shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2006) (emphasis added). Accordingly

Avrich v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-08-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 739, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 14034, 2006 WL 2422824

Snippet: communicating on the internet, in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2004). Counts 2-9 charged the

Dawson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-07-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 789 So. 2d 1203, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9794, 2001 WL 803175

Snippet: attempted extortion, is a third degree felony, see §§ 836.05, 777.04(4)(d), Fla. Stat. (1999). WARNER, KLEIN

Shafran v. Parrish

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 787 So. 2d 177

Snippet: for criminal extortion under Florida Statutes § 836.05, a felony of the second degree punishable by a

Amaro v. Weksler

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 727 So. 2d 1001, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 1290, 1999 WL 68584

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See §§ 836.05, 772.102, .103, .104, Fla. Stat. (1997); Metropolitan Life

McKee v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-07-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 715 So. 2d 1010, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 8536, 1998 WL 396731

Snippet: relationship between McKee and Mrs. Turner. *1011Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1997), makes criminal, in so

Parissay v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-01-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 687 So. 2d 30

Snippet: violation of the criminal extortion statute. See § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (1995). AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED IN

Weekfall v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-11-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 686 So. 2d 618, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 11632, 1996 WL 637699

Snippet: -fall with extortion, a second-degree felony. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (1993). The information alleges that…person of Michael Wiggins, in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes contrary to the form of the statute

Castaline v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 645 So. 2d 561, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 11022, 1994 WL 637730

Snippet: 784.021, Fla.Stat. (1991) ]; and (3) extortion [§ 836.05, Fla. Stat. (1991) ], based on an adverse jury …not, as urged, amount to a fundamental error. § 836.05, Fla.Stat. (1991); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.390(d). See …dismissed, 444 So.2d 417 (Fla.1983). Compare §§ 836.05, 784.021, Fla. Stat. (1991) with § 794.011, Fla.Stat