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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 843
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
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F.S. 843.01
843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse.—
(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes a police canine or police horse as defined in s. 843.19(1)(a), working at the direction of or in tandem with any officer or legally authorized person listed in subsection (1), by offering or doing violence to the police canine or police horse, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3276, 1881; RS 2580; GS 3500; RGS 5385; CGL 7524; s. 1, ch. 28118, 1953; s. 1, ch. 61-66; s. 1, ch. 63-234; s. 1, ch. 63-433; ss. 1, chs. 65-198, 65-226; s. 3, ch. 67-2207; ss. 20, 25, 33, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1034, ch. 71-136; s. 32, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 78-116; s. 20, ch. 79-3; s. 26, ch. 79-8; s. 1, ch. 79-149; s. 5, ch. 85-87; s. 40, ch. 88-122; s. 1, ch. 88-373; s. 50, ch. 88-381; s. 43, ch. 89-526; s. 18, ch. 2014-191; s. 1, ch. 2023-110.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 843.01
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S843.01 - RESIST OFFICER - WITH VIOLENCE - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 843.01

Total Results: 20

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

Andrew Martinez v. The State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-21T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence pursuant to section 843.01 of the Florida Statutes and was convicted of the

RICHARD CARLTON JOHNSTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-02-28T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: a single instance of obstruction under section 843.01.” Id. at 1181. Unlike Wallace, the two charges

LU JING v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-04-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: charge of resisting officer with violence, section 843.01, proper when officer has legal right to detain

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JAMES FRANCIS KIGAR

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-08-07T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting arrest with violence, as provided in section 843.01, Florida Statutes (1993), was a specific intent…voluntary intoxication applied. At that time, section 843.01 provided, in pertinent part: Whoever knowingly…guilty of a felony of the third degree . . . . § 843.01, Fla. Stat. (1993) (emphasis added). …description, the supreme court looked to section 843.01’s plain language to conclude that resisting arrest

Roger N. Rosier v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-06-28T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: resisting an officer with violence. Compare §§ 843.01 and 843.02, Fla. Stat. (2013).

NICO GALLO v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-10T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: imprisonment. See §§ 784.07(2)(b), 806.13(1)(b)3., 843.01, Fla. Stat. (2017).

W.T. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: convictions are affirmed. See §§ 776.051, 784.07, 843.01, Fla. Stat.; Sosnowski v. State, 245 So. 3d 885

W.T. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 255 So. 3d 509

Snippet: convictions are affirmed. See §§ 776.051, 784.07, 843.01, Fla. Stat.; Sosnowski v. State, 245 So.3d 885

Thomas A. Sosnowski v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: time of the charged conduct. §§ 784.07(2)(b) & 843.01, Fla. Stat. (2015); see also Espiet v. State, 797

RONNIE TRAY ATMORE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 242 So. 3d 1201

Snippet: to five years in prison. See §§ 775.082(3)(e), 843.01, Fla. Stat. (2015). Where the State demonstrates… been permissible. See §§ 775.082(9)(a)(3)(d), 843.01. The written sentence also fails

Bermudez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 235 So. 3d 1057

Snippet: an officer with violence in violation of section 843.01, Florida Statutes (2012); and (4) resisting an

Allen v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-01-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 211 So. 3d 55, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 83

Snippet: is guilty of a felony of the third degree .... § 843.01, Fla. Stat. Section 943.10, Florida Statutes, (…Fla. Stat. (2014). The plain meaning of section 843.01, Florida Statutes, compels a conclusion that this