Florida Statute 877.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVI
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Chapter 877
MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES

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F.S. 877.08

877.08 Coin-operated vending machines and parking meters; defined; prohibited acts, penalties.—

(1) A “coin-operated vending machine” or “parking meter,” for the purposes of this act, is defined to be any machine, contrivance, or device that is adapted for use in such a way that, as the result of the insertion of any piece of money, coin, or other object, the machine, contrivance, parking meter, or device is caused to operate or may be operated and by reason of such operation the user may become entitled to receive any food, drink, telephone or telegraph service, insurance protection, parking privilege or any other personal property, service, protection, right or privilege of any kind or nature whatsoever.

(2) Whoever maliciously or mischievously molests, opens, breaks, injures, damages, or inserts any part of her or his body or any instrument into any coin-operated vending machine or parking meter of another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) Whoever molests, opens, breaks, injures, damages, or inserts any part of her or his body or any instrument into any coin-operated vending machine or parking meter of another with intent to commit larceny is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(4) Whoever violates subsection (3) a second or subsequent time commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 65-165; s. 1153, ch. 71-136; s. 1429, ch. 97-102; s. 16, ch. 2013-25.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 877.08

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

S877.08 2 - DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCH - MALICIOUSLY MOLEST COIN OPERATED MACHINE - M: S

S877.08 3 - LARC - MOLEST COIN OPR MACHINE WIT LARCENY 1ST OFF - M: S

S877.08 4 - LARC - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7561 - F: T

S877.08 4 - LARC - MOLEST COIN OPR MACHINE WIT LARCENY 2ND SUBSQ - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 877.08

Total Results: 12

Polite v. State

973 So. 2d 1107, 2007 WL 2790770

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 2007 | Docket: 1292139

Cited 65 times | Published

coin-operated vending machines and parking meters under section 877.08(3), Florida Statutes (2002), and third-degree

Brehm v. State

427 So. 2d 825

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 1983 | Docket: 2588309

Cited 7 times | Published

charged and convicted of ten counts of violating Section 877.08, Florida Statutes (1981).[1] The sentencing

Ingraham v. State

32 So. 3d 761, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 5579, 2010 WL 1688473

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 28, 2010 | Docket: 1663131

Cited 6 times | Published

felony vending machine theft, a violation of section 877.08(3), (4), Florida Statutes (2004).[1] The trial

Phillips v. State

438 So. 2d 886

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1983 | Docket: 1446385

Cited 2 times | Published

2d 825 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) [information charging § 877.08 violation without alleging prior conviction for

C.N. v. State

49 So. 3d 831, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18619

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 2010 | Docket: 60296864

Cited 1 times | Published

juvenile, was charged with disorderly conduct, § 877.08, Fla. Stat. (2008), and resisting an officer without

S.S., a child v. State

154 So. 3d 1217, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 718, 2015 WL 248663

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 2015 | Docket: 2626279

Published

court relied on the disorderly conduct statute, section 877.08, Florida Statutes (2013), by stating, “So,

Garcia v. State

143 So. 3d 1105, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 11779, 2014 WL 3765447

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 1, 2014 | Docket: 464142

Published

prosecution for vending machine theft under section 877.08(3), Florida Statutes (2004), was not fundamental

J.R. v. State

831 So. 2d 790, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 17816, 2002 WL 31728745

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 6, 2002 | Docket: 64819246

Published

malicious damage to a vending machine pursuant to section 877.08(2), Florida Statutes (2001), constitute a double

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Nov 30, 1995 | Docket: 3256372

Published

license has been otherwise secured. Further, section 877.08(1), Florida Statutes, states that: A "coin-operated

Brehm v. State

495 So. 2d 253, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2073, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 10157

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 1986 | Docket: 64622040

Published

to sentence him as a second offender under Section 877.08(4), Florida Statutes (1983).2 Reversed and

Desin v. State

414 So. 2d 516, 1982 Fla. LEXIS 2425

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 13, 1982 | Docket: 64590241

Published

misdemeanor for molestation of a vending machine, section 877.-08(3), Florida Statutes (1979), and with a third

High v. State

260 So. 2d 549, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6994

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 1972 | Docket: 64525342

Published

coin-operated vending machine pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 877.08, F.S.A. or an attempt to do so, but this record