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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 859
POISONS; ADULTERATED DRUGS

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F.S. 859.01

859.01 Poisoning food or water.—Whoever introduces, adds, or mingles any poison, bacterium, radioactive material, virus, or chemical compound with food, drink, medicine, or any product designed to be ingested, consumed, or applied to the body with intent to kill or injure another person, or willfully poisons or introduces, adds, or mingles any bacterium, radioactive material, virus, or chemical compound into any spring, well, or reservoir of water with such intent, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2658; GS 3587; RGS 5515; CGL 7675; s. 1078, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 2001-358.

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Amendments to 859.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 859.01

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S859.01 - FOOD-HEALTH OR SAFETY - POISON FOOD WATER OR MEDICINE WIT KILL OR INJ - F: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 859.01

Total Results: 14

State v. Stewart

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-09-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 98 So. 3d 655, 2012 WL 4220310, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 15863

Snippet: poisoning food and water in violation of section 859.01, Florida Statutes (2004), and battery in violation

Foster v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-09-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 937 So. 2d 742, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 14643, 2006 WL 2520048

Snippet: STONE, J. Foster was convicted under section 859.01, Florida Statutes, of poisoning food or water. … information tracks the 2000 version of section 859.01. The statute provides: *744Whoever mingles any …be guilty of a felony of the first degree.... § 859.01, Fla. Stat. (2000). “The standard for testing vagueness

BMB v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 219

Snippet: intent to kill or injure, a violation of section 859.01, Florida Statutes (2004). We conclude that the

B.M.B. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-03T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 927 So. 2d 219, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 6593

Snippet: intent to kill or injure, a violation of section 859.01, Florida Statutes (2004). We conclude that the

Foster v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-05-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 875 So. 2d 1253, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 6995, 2004 WL 1103375

Snippet: Once an attempt to poison is proven, under section 859.01, Florida Statutes, the elements of the crime of…elements of the crime of poisoning under section 859.01, Florida Statutes, stating: Before you can find…poisoning includes the attempt to poison, as section 859.01 requires only proof that the defendant knowingly

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-04-09T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: supra; Mayes Printing Company v. Flowers, 154 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1963). 10 See, e.g., AGO 80-49 (city

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-12-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 1 Mayes Printing Company v. Flowers, 154 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A.Fla., 1963). And see, Alachua County v. Powers

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1987-05-07T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Della-Donna v. Department of Revenue, 485 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A.Fla., 1986), rev. den., 492 So.2d 1331 (Fla

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1982-03-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: , 405; State Road Department v. Stack 231 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1969) (with reference to the value

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-10-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 1932); Mayes Printing Co. v. Flowers, 154 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1963) (discretion in awarding contracts

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1978-02-14T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 1962); Mayes Printing Co. v. Flowers, 154 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1963); and AGO's 068-77 and 068

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1977-06-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 1931); Mayes Printing Co. v. Flowers, 154 So.2d 859 (1 D.C.A. Fla., 1963), and s. 129.09, F. S., as to

Hilkmeyer v. Latin American Air Cargo Expediters

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1957-04-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 94 So. 2d 821

Snippet: Evidence at the Common Law, Ch. 2-5; 21 Amer.L.Rev. 859; 1 Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History 367

Williams v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1884-06-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 20 Fla. 777

Snippet: vs. Philips, 8 Ib., 736; Roscoe’s Crim. Ev., 859. In 1 Wharton’s Crim. Law, §551, it is said : “ At common