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Fla. Stat. § 893.20 (2025)
Continuing criminal enterprise.
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893.20 Continuing criminal enterprise.—
(1) Any person who commits three or more felonies under this chapter in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management and who obtains substantial assets or resources from these acts is guilty of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
(2) A person who commits the offense of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise is guilty of a life felony, punishable pursuant to the Criminal Punishment Code and by a fine of $500,000.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence may not be suspended, deferred, or withheld.
(4) This section does not prohibit separate convictions and sentences for violation of this section and for felony violations of this chapter.
(5) This section must be interpreted in concert with its federal analog, 21 U.S.C. s. 848.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 893.20
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§893.20CONTROLLED SUBSTANCEENGAGE CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE CTRL SUB
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1992–2026 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 886 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 2004).
Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 886 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 2004). “Continuing Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of *217 section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 26 So. 3d 534 (Fla. 2009). “(Offenses committed before January 1,1994), Continuing Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 188 So. 3d 764 (Fla. 2015). “) Continuing Criminal Enterprise It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this *785 count.”
In Re Amend. to Fla. Rules of Cr. Proc., 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992). “Continuing Criminal Enterprise ____ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this court.”
Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 794 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2000). “section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure-Rules 3.140 & 3.986, 603 So. 2d 1144 (Fla. 1992). “Continuing Criminal Enterprise __ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this court.”
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure-2018 Regular-cycle Report., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018). “) Continuing Criminal Enterprise ___ It is further ordered that the 25 year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
Grissom v. State, 679 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). “Grissom was charged in 1990 with and convicted in 1992 of engaging in a continuing criminal drug enterprise in violation of section 893.20, Florida Statutes (1989), a crime denominated a life felony calling for a twenty-five year mandatory penalty; the sentencing guidelines did…”
Islaam v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2024). “Islaam pled guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise under section 893.20. In line with his plea agreement, the trial court sentenced him to sixty months in prison and ordered him to pay 0 in fines, costs, and fees.”
In Re Amendments to Fl. Rules of Crim. Procedure, 998 So. 2d 1128 (Fla. 2008). “Continuing Criminal Enterprise ____ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
Tobin (N.D. Fla. 2026). “Criminal [-] further ordered that the 25 year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report (Fla. 2018). “) Continuing Criminal Enterprise It is further ordered that the 25–year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20, Florida Statutes, are hereby imposed for the sentence specified in this count.”
— 893.20(2) — 1 case
Islaam v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2024). “Islaam pled guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise under section 893.20. In line with his plea agreement, the trial court sentenced him to sixty months in prison and ordered him to pay 0 in fines, costs, and fees.”
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