Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 843.11 (2025)

Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue.

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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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1955–2004 · leading case: Long v. State, 92 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1957).

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Long v. State, 92 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1957). · cites it 2× “" 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…”

Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “(escape through negligence of officer); § 843.11, Fla. Stat. (conveying tools into prison to aid escape); § 843.”

Moat v. Mayo, 82 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1955). “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.”

Hitson v. Mayo, 99 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1957). · cites it 3× “lace of confinement, * * * by any means whatever, aids or assists such prisoner in his endeavors to escape therefrom, whether such escape is effected or attempted or not, * * * shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding ten years; or, if the person whose…”

Hitson v. Mayo, 82 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1955). “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.”

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