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Fla. Stat. § 843.12 (2025)

Aiding escape.

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843.12 Aiding escape.—Whoever knowingly aids or assists a person in escaping, attempting to escape, or who has escaped, from an officer or person who has or is entitled to the lawful custody of such person, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 12, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2591; s. 1, ch. 5154, 1903; GS 3512; RGS 5398; CGL 7538; s. 1, ch. 65-221; s. 1045, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 843.12

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§843.12AIDING PRISONER ESCAPEAID OR ASSIST IN PRISONER ESCAPEF · 3rd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 13 cases, 1955–2019 · leading case: State v. Franchi, 746 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

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State v. Franchi, 746 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). · cites it 10× “§ 843.12, Fla. Stat. (1997). The plain language of the statute does not require a heightened or particularized intent beyond the mere intent to commit the act itself or the intent to cause the natural and necessary consequences of the act, i.”

Bowen v. State, 791 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). · cites it 2× “40, Florida Statutes (1997), not based upon section 843.12, Florida Statutes (1997). [11] Prior to trial, Ms.”

Glenn v. State, 753 So. 2d 669 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). · cites it 5× “§ 843.12, Fla. Stat. (1997). The plain language of the statute does not require a heightened or particularized intent beyond the mere intent to commit the act itself or the intent to cause the natural and necessary consequences of the act, i.”

Sanchez v. State, 89 So. 3d 912 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). · cites it 3× “” It is a third-degree felony under section 843.12, Florida Statutes (2006), if a person “knowingly aids or assists a person in escaping, attempting to escape, or who has escaped, from an officer or person who has or is entitled to the lawful custody of *915 such person.”

Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “(conveying tools into prison to aid escape); § 843.12, Fla. Stat. (aiding escape); § 843.”

Peterson v. State, 542 So. 2d 417 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “Peterson contends, and rightly so, that the felony with which he should have been charged is defined in section 843.12, Florida Statutes (1987): Whoever knowingly aids or assists a person in escaping, attempting to escape, or who has escaped, from an officer or person who has or…”

Moat v. Mayo, 82 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 1955). “, whereas the information was drawn under Section 843.12, F.S.1951, F.S.A. The writ was issued.”

Maggard v. State, 226 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 1969). · cites it 3× “The state says that it was not necessary to show the precise cause of the detention, "* * * because punishment under Section 843.12 Fla. Stat., does not hinge upon the nature of the offense of the escapee.”

Abbott v. State, 326 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). · cites it 2× “Section 843.12, Florida Statutes, provides that it is a crime to aid a person in escaping from an officer who is entitled to the lawful custody of the person.”

Hitson v. Mayo, 99 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 1957). · cites it 2× “Petitioner contends that “the only count on which your petitioner is charged in said information could be properly made only under Section 843.12, Florida Statutes of 1953, [F.”

Dupree v. State, 416 So. 2d 1228 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). · cites it 3× “The second issue raised is the denial of the motion for a judgment of acquittal on the charge of aiding or assisting a person to escape, pursuant to Section 843.12, Florida Statutes (1979). Appellants urge that in order to prove aiding an escape the state must establish that…”

L.C.G. v. State, 91 So. 3d 197 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). · cites it 5× “, a minor, was charged with aiding escape in violation of section 843.12, Florida Statutes (2010), but was found guilty of resisting an officer without violence in violation of section 843.”

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