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Florida Statute 843.11 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 843.11 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 843.11 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
843.11 Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue.Whoever conveys into a jail or other like place of confinement, any disguise, instrument, tool, weapon, or other thing adapted or useful to aid a prisoner in making his or her escape, with intent to facilitate the escape of any prisoner there lawfully committed or detained, or, by any means whatever, aids or assists such prisoner in his or her endeavors to escape therefrom, whether such escape is effected or attempted or not; and whoever forcibly rescues any prisoner held in custody upon any conviction or charge of an offense, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084; or if the person whose escape or rescue was effected or intended, was charged with an offense not capital nor punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, then a person who assists a prisoner as described in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; or if the prisoner while his or her escape or rescue is being effected or attempted commits any crime with the weapon, tool, or instrument conveyed to him or her, the person conveying the weapon, tool, or instrument to the prisoner shall be subject to whatever fine, imprisonment, or other punishment the law imposes for the crime committed, as an accessory before the fact.
History.s. 11, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2590; GS 3511; RGS 5397; CGL 7537; s. 1, ch. 29895, 1955; s. 1044, ch. 71-136; s. 1342, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 843.11

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§843.11SMUGGLE CONTRABAND INTO PRISONSMUGGLE TOOL TO AID FELON ESCAPEF · 2nd
§843.11SMUGGLE CONTRABAND INTO PRISONSMUGGLE TOOL TO AID NON CAPITAL OFFENDR ESCAPEM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 843.11

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·Bailey v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Alachua Cnty., 956 F.2d 1112 (11th Cir. 1992).

Cited 31 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...Caldwell was no longer Director of Corrections; Allison was Acting Director of Corrections. . The district court's reference to "initial” and "continuing” suspension has resulted in substantial confusion. We resolve this issue infra at part 111(A)(3). . Bailey’s arrest report reflects a violation of Florida Statute § 843.11, conveying tools into jail to aid escape....
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Cited as authoritySHEAN (2026)
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Cited as authorityHILL-YISRA'EL (2026)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityMonroe (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Long v. State, 92 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1957).

Cited 28 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...y Jail, a place of confinement, an instrument, to-wit: a piece of wood, commonly referred to as a 2 X 4, which was a thing useful to aid a prisoner in making her escape, * * *." The Statute under which the information was drawn was the first part of Section 843.11, Florida Statutes Annotated, which reads as follows: "Whoever conveys into a jail or other like place of confinement, any disguise, instrument, tool, weapon or other thing adapted or useful to aid a prisoner in making his escape, with...
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2025)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2019)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (2019)
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·State v. Darnell, 335 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...What happened can be gained from the appealed order of dismissal: "1. That on March 11, 1975, Information # 75-195-CFA, B, C, was filed against these Defendants charging them with the offense of Conveying Tools Into Jail, a Violation of Florida Statute 843.11, and the offense of Contraband in County Detention Facility, a Violation of Florida Statute 951.22....
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LimitedStell (1981)
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ApprovedPadron (1987)
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Cited as authorityPadron (1987)
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·Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9674

...(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 officer); § 843.11, Fla....
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Cited as authorityPERLMAN (2024)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityLawrence (2009)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityIn Re Sinaltrainal Litigation (2006)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Hitson v. Mayo, 82 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1955).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

DREW, Chief Justice. .Petitioner,, Irvin Hitson, applied for writ of habeas Corpus on grounds that the judgment and five year sentence imposed upon him was void because imposed under Section 843.11, F.S.1951, F.S.A., whereas the information was drawn under Section 843.-12, F.S.1951, F.S.A....
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Moat v. Mayo, 82 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1955).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

DREW, Chief Justice. Petitioner applied for writ of habeas corpus on grounds that the judgment and two year sentence imposed upon him was void because imposed under Section 843.11, F.S.1951, F.S.A., whereas the information was drawn under Section 843.12, F.S.1951, F.S.A....
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Hitson v. Mayo, 99 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1957).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Aiding prisoners to 1 escape or attempt to escape from jail is more severely punished than aiding them to escape or attempt to escape from an officer or person who has the lawful custody of them. 2 The latter is governed by Sec. 843.12 and the former, by Sec. 843.11, the elements of which can be realigned for present purposes as follows : “Whoever * * * with intent to facilitate the escape of any prisoner * * * lawfully committed or detained * * * [in] a jail or other like place of confinement, * * * by...
...with an offense not capital nor punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, then by imprisonment in the jail • not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.” 3 By collocating the second charge of the information with § 843.11, it is plain that each element of that crime was charged “in the very language of the statue, or in language of equivalent import.” See Gibbs v....
...State, 1923, 85 Fla. 413 , 96 So. 296 and State v. Clark, 1909, 32 Nev. 145 , 104 P. 593 ; if this is necessary for the present proceeding, since petitioner admitted his criminal intent- by pleading guilty in the trial court. It is quite true that § 843.11 provides a reduced maximum sentence of one year in the jail “if the person whose escape or rescue was effected or intended, was charged with an offense not capital nor punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.” But this is not an...
...will not be released from custody in a habeas corpus proceeding. Tubb v. Mayo, 1937, 128 Fla. 190 , 174 So. 325 ; Sweat v. Pettis, 1946, 158 Fla. 104 , 27 So.2d 827 . Since we have already stated that the information charged the crime delineated by § 843.11, Florida Statutes, it is not void for failure to charge an act which is punishable as a crime....
...J., HOBSON, THOR-NAL, and O’CONNELL, JJ., and WIG-GINTON, District Judge, concur. . The question was raised previously but not decided, since this Court held that it was prematurely brought. Hitson v. Mayo, Fla.1955, 82 So.2d 591 . . See Secs. S4S.11 and 843.12, Florida Statutes 1953, F.S.A. . “843.11 Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue....

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