The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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Kenneth L. Ingraham challenges the judgments and sentences imposed on him after a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key, a violation of section 843.021(2), Florida Statutes (2004), and felony vending machine theft, a violation of section 877.08(3), (4), Florida Statutes (2004). The trial court sentenced Mr. Ingraham to five years in the state prison on each offense. The sentences were designated to run concurrently with each other and consecutively to Mr. Ingraham's sentence in another case.
Plaintiffs' assertion of a RICO claim against Defendants based upon obstruction of justice under chapter 843 of the Florida Statutes also fails. None of the allegations in the Second Amended Complaint even remotely establish a claim for obstruction of justice. § 843.01, Fla. Stat. (resisting officer with violence); § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (resisting officer without violence); § 843.021, Fla. Stat. (unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key); § 843.025, Fla. Stat. (depriving officer of a means of protection or communication); § 843.03, Fla. Stat. (obstruction by disguised person); § 843.04, Fla. Stat. (refusing to assist prison officials); § 843.05, Fla. Stat. (resisting timber agent); § 843.06, Fla. Stat. (neglect or refusal to aid peace officers); § 843.08, Fla. Stat. (falsely personating officer, etc.); § 843.081, Fla. Stat. (prohibited use of certain lights); § 843.085, Fla. Stat. (unlawful use of police badges or other indica of authority); § 843.0855, Fla. Stat. (criminal actions under color of law or through use of simulated legal process); § 843.09, Fla. Stat. (escape through voluntary action of officer); § 843.10, Fla. Stat. (escape through negligence of…
At the time of these events, the concealed possession of such a key was not a crime. In direct response to Hank Earl Carr, it now is. See § 843.021, Fla. Stat. (2000); ch. 00-230, § 1, Laws of Fla.
. . . a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key, a violation of section 843.021 . . .
. . . (resisting officer without violence); § 843.021, Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . See § 843.021, Fla. Stat. (2000); ch. 00-230, § 1, Laws of Fla. . . . .