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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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-06-01

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

Snippet: violations — unlawful assembly in violation of section 870.02, Florida Statutes (2014), and trespass after warning

National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Associated Press

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-10-01

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

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

Messina v. Messina

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-06-19

Citation: 676 So. 2d 483, 1996 WL 332363

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

Mobley v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-01-28

Citation: 409 So. 2d 1031

Snippet: construing section 870.02 so as to render it constitutional. We construed section 870.02 as prohibiting "(1)

State v. Simpson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-06-02

Citation: 347 So. 2d 414

Snippet: Florida's statute on unlawful assembly, Section 870.02, to be unconstitutional because it abridged defendants'

Brooks v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-08-10

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-07-07

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-10-17

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-06-29

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-01-05

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-02-11

Citation: 161 So. 2d 227

Snippet: [1] 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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-11-01

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-10-26

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-03-03

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-02-27

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1935-07-23

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1927-03-09

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