Florida Statute 860.02 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 860
OFFENSES CONCERNING AIRCRAFT, MOTOR VEHICLES, VESSELS, AND RAILROADS

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860.02 Carelessness of common carrier.—Whoever, having management or control of or over any railroad train, steamboat, or other public conveyance used for the common carriage of passengers is guilty of gross carelessness or neglect in or in relation to the conduct, management and control of such conveyance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History.—s. 48, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2692; GS 3637; RGS 5573; CGL 7759; s. 1086, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 860.02

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

S860.02 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CARELESSNESS OR NEGLECT OF COMMON CARRIER - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 860.02

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United States v. Larry Frazier, United States of Am. v. Darence Eugene Hutchinson, Kenya Brown, Albert Lintez Brown, A/K/A "Pee Pee" A/K/A "James", Henry Graham, Raymond D. Griffin, Kenyatta Brown, 89 F.3d 1501 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 58 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 19010

grounds and remand for resentencing under 21 U.S.C. § 860; (2) affirm the district court's holding that Hutchinson's

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Walsh v. Arrow Air, Inc., 629 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 12100

...ng a new duty on the employer. First, the underlying obligation of a common carrier to use care in the conduct and management of its conveyances, which might include maintenance, is not new, but is codified in a twenty-two year old criminal statute, section 860.02 Florida Statutes....

...nal penalty for "whoever, having management or control over ... [a] public conveyance used for the common carriage of passengers is guilty of gross carelessness or neglect in or in relation to the conduct, management and control of such conveyance." § 860.02, Fla....

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United States v. Marvin Jerome Horsley, 56 F.3d 50 (11th Cir. 1995).

Cited 6 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 15828, 1995 WL 350814

S.C. § 841 is a lesser included offense of § 860. 2 . Title 21 U.S.C. § 860(d) defines

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United States v. Frazier, 89 F.3d 1501 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 6 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 WL 403100

grounds and remand for resentencing under 21 U.S.C. § 860; (2) affirm the district court’s holding that Hutchinson’s