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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 870
AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES

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F.S. 870.02

870.02 Unlawful assemblies.—

(1) If three or more persons meet together to commit a breach of the peace, or to do any other unlawful act, each of them commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) A person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.

History.—RS 2407; GS 3240; RGS 5073; CGL 7175; s. 1126, ch. 71-136; s. 16, ch. 2021-6.

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Amendments to 870.02

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 870.02

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

S870.02 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9443 - M: S

S870.02 1 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - COMMIT BREACH OF PEACE BY 3 OR MORE PERSONS - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 870.02

Total Results: 17

Smith v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 194 So. 3d 483, 2016 WL 3065852, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8282

Snippet: testimony. III. Section 870.02 Unlawful Assembly Section 870.02 provides as follows: “If three…violations — unlawful assembly in violation of section 870.02, Florida Statutes (2014), and trespass after warning…), the Florida Supreme Court construed- section 870.02 “to prohibit *489 (1) an assembly

National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Associated Press

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-10-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 18 So. 3d 1201, 37 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2400, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14605, 2009 WL 3128743

Snippet: a public agency," see Ky. Stat. Ann. § 61.870(2) (2009); LOUISIANA includes, among other things,

Messina v. Messina

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-06-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 676 So. 2d 483

Snippet: retirement account ($140,388), an annuity ($156,870.02), and a million dollar insurance policy on Dr.

Mobley v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1982-01-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 409 So. 2d 1031

Snippet: construing section 870.02 so as to render it constitutional. We construed section 870.02 as prohibiting &

State v. Simpson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1977-06-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 347 So. 2d 414

Snippet: Florida's statute on unlawful assembly, Section 870.02, to be unconstitutional because it abridged defendants…freedom of assembly. We have jurisdiction.[1] Section 870.02[2] makes it unlawful for three or more persons …elements apply. Accordingly, we construe Section 870.02 to prohibit (1) an assembly of three or more persons…purpose the breach of the peace. We hold Section 870.02, Florida Statutes (1975), which establishes the…because as construed and limited, I believe Section 870.02, Florida Statutes (1975), satisfies federal and

Brooks v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-08-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 336 So. 2d 647, 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15362

Snippet: them shall be guilty of [unlawful assembly].” Sec. 870.02, F.S. 1973. . “Every trespass upon the property

US Fid. & Guar. Co. v. N. Am. Steel Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-07-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 335 So. 2d 18

Snippet: Company v. United States, 5th Cir.1967, 370 F.2d 870. [2] Stauduhar v. Limbach Company, 308 F. Supp. 696

Ranger Insurance Co. v. Mathews

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-10-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 267 So. 2d 867, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6209

Snippet: the answers to interrogatories or admissions. *870(2) The trial judge’s finding that the deceased was

City of Miami v. Cleveland

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1971-06-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 250 So. 2d 298, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6266

Snippet: assemblies and provides the penalty therefor (§ 870.02); and provides a greater penalty for persons participating

Callendar v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1966-01-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 181 So. 2d 529

Snippet: charge of unlawful assembly in violation of F.S. § 870.02, F.S.A. Their appeal to the circuit court was dismissed

Dings v. Dings

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-02-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 2d 227

Snippet: ] Joyner v. Andrews, Fla.App. 1962, 137 So.2d 870. [2] Cowen v. Cowen, Fla. 1957, 95 So.2d 584; Bennett

Dresner v. City of Tallahassee

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1961-10-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 134 So. 2d 228

Snippet: riotous assembly and provides a penalty under Section 870.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The offense described

Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Steckel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-10-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 134 So. 2d 23

Snippet: entered. See Tripp v. Wade, 82 Fla. 325, 89 So. 870; 2 Fla. Jur., Appeals, §§ 359 and 360. For the reasons

Martel v. Carlson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1960-03-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 118 So. 2d 592

Snippet: of Daytona Beach v. Cobbett, Fla. 1955, 82 So.2d 870.[2] In other words the terms of the contract must

Valdez v. State Ex Rel. Farrior

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1940-02-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 194 So. 388, 142 Fla. 123

Snippet: 105 Atl. Rep. 118; Ex Parte Allison,90 S.W. Rep. 870; 2 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1111; 20 R. C. L. 474; Respass v.

Merryman v. Southern Tours, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-07-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 162 So. 897, 120 Fla. 440, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 1413

Snippet: 118; Ex Parte Allison, 99 Tex. 455, 90 S.W. Rep. 870, 2 L.R.A. [N. S.] 1111; Pompano Horse Club v. State

Pompano Horse Club, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Bryan

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1927-03-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 111 So. 801, 93 Fla. 415, 52 A.L.R. 51, 1927 Fla. LEXIS 1136

Snippet: exact nature, seeex parte Allison, 90 S.W. Rep. 870, 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1111; State ex rel. Duensing v…assault. Ex parte: *Page 435 Allison, 90 S.W. Rep. 870; 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1111. See also:Ex rel. Duensing…53 Atl. Rep. 118; Ex parte Allison, 90 S.W. Rep. 870; 2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1111; 20 R. C. L. 474; Respass