Florida Statute 895.03 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 895
OFFENSES CONCERNING RACKETEERING AND ILLEGAL DEBTS

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F.S. 895.03

895.03 Prohibited activities and defense.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person who has with criminal intent received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt to use or invest, whether directly or indirectly, any part of such proceeds, or the proceeds derived from the investment or use thereof, in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, real property or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.

(2) It is unlawful for any person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or through the collection of an unlawful debt, to acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property.

(3) It is unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity or the collection of an unlawful debt.

(4) It is unlawful for any person to conspire or endeavor to violate any of the provisions of subsection (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3).

History.—s. 3, ch. 77-334.

Note.—Former s. 943.462.

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Amendments to 895.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 895.03

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

S895.03 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - REMOVED - F: F

S895.03 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE INVEST PROCEEDS FROM RACKETEERING ACTIVITY - F: F

S895.03 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - ACCQUIRE/MAINTAIN RACKETEERING REAL PROPERTY - F: F

S895.03 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - COND/PARTIC IN ENTERPRISE THRU RACKETEERING - F: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 895.03

Total Results: 20

Jane Jeischa Aldana Perez, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jhourdan Hernandez v. Gregory Tony as Sherriff of Broward County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-04-03T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: commit racketeering, in violation of section 895.03(1) and/or (4), Florida Statutes (2022).

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-06

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2019-12-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: updated to reflect the offense charged under section 895.03(2), Florida Statutes (2019), to provide “RICO— … RACKETEERING ACTIVITY § 895.03(1), Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of Unlawful…District Court of Appeal held that for purposes of § 895.03(2), Fla. Stat., a person cannot be employed or …District Court of Appeal held that for purposes of § 895.03(2), Fla. Stat., a person can be employed or associated…COLLECTION OF UNLAWFUL DEBT § 895.03(1), Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of Unlawful

Ronald Clark Ball v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-11-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)? § 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (prohibiting “any person employed

STATE OF FLORIDA v. MARCIA LYNNE SILLS

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-09-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: to commit racketeering in violation of sections 895.03(3) and (4), Florida Statutes (2012), and trafficking

VICTOR CASTILLO v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-09-05T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. § 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. A “pattern of racketeering activity

Godinez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-04-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 217 So. 3d 103, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 5366

Snippet: activity or the collection of an unlawful debt.” § 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2008). A “pattern of racketeering…convict a defendant of racketeering under section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes, the State must prove that

Castillo v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 213 So. 3d 930, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3439

Snippet: through a pattern of racketeering activity. See § 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2007). A “pattern of racketeering

Kelly Mathis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-10-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 208 So. 3d 158, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 15339

Snippet: (1), subsection (2), or subsection (3). § 895.03, Fla. Stat. This language does not express the …as an element of the offense outlined in section 895.03(3). Thus, the trial court should have permitted…EDWARDS, JJ., concur. 1 . § 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2013). 2 . § 849.091

Arturo Godinez v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-06-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 192 So. 3d 1289, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10002

Snippet: racketeering conduct. See §§ 895.02(4), 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2003) (requiring the State to prove

Arturo Godinez v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: incidents of racketeering conduct. See §§ 895.02(4), 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2003) (requiring the State to prove

and SC14-1952 Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida and Jean Claude Noel v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-21T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 191 So. 3d 370

Snippet: each offense was thirty years. §§ 812.014(2), 895.03(4), 895.04(1), 775.082(3)(b), Fla. Stat. (2009)

Victor Castillo v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-07-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 170 So. 3d 112, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 9967

Snippet: . Pursuant to the Florida RICO statute, section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes (2007): It is unlawful

Kingland Estates, Ltd. v. Davis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-06-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 170 So. 3d 825, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8785, 2015 WL 3609072

Snippet: § 895.03(4), Fla. Stat. (2014) (making it illegal to conspire to violate sections 895.03(1), (2)…causes of action. Count I seeks relief under section 895.03 of the Florida Statutes (Florida’s RICO statute…statute); Count II seeks relief under section 895.03(4) (for RICO conspiracy); Count III claims intentional…complaint — Count I claiming violation of section 895.03(1), (2), and (3) of the Florida Statutes — Florida…. 4th DCA 2015), which explains: Section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes (2003), the substantive RICO

Joel De La Osa v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-02-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 158 So. 3d 712, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2279, 2015 WL 669563

Snippet: The Statutory Provisions at Issue Section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes (2003), the substantive RICO… (2003), defines the terms contained in section 895.03(3) and (4): • “Racketeering activity” means…of the provisions of ... subsection (3). § 895.03(4), Fla. Stat. (2003). The organized scheme…a substantive racketeering charge under section 895.03(3), the State must prove the defendant’s “(1) conduct…establish a substantive RICO charge under section 895.03(3) “by proving that defendants conspired to commit

State v. Reyan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 145 So. 3d 133, 2014 WL 2755838, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 9214

Snippet: single count of racketeering in violation of section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes (2003). Reyan filed a motion…pattern of racketeering activity, in violation of s. 895.03 and 777.011 Florida Statutes .... • The Enterprise…co-conspirators) to commit RICO in violation of section 895.03(4), Florida Statutes (2003). Reyan, however, was…Reyan. THE RELEVANT STATUTORY PROVISIONS Sections 895.03(3) and (4), Florida Stat*137utes (2003),4 referred…confederate with each other... to violate Section 895.03, Fla. Stat., that is, to conduct or participate

Noel v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-11-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 127 So. 3d 769, 2013 WL 6182407, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18880

Snippet: racketeer is 30 years imprisonment. §§ 812.014(2), 895.03(4), 895.04(1), 775.082(3)(b), Fla. Stat. (2009)

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 125 So. 3d 874, 2013 WL 1629193, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 6077

Snippet: So.3d 44, 47-48 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010); see also § 895.03, Fla. Stat. (2008). More than one witness testified

Vasquez v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-17T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 111 So. 3d 273, 2013 WL 1629224, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 6125

Snippet: conspiracy to possess heroin.1 See §§ 895.02(1), 895.03(3), (4), 893.13(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008-09). We

Gautreaux v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-08-24T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 95 So. 3d 1012, 2012 WL 3629031, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 14080

Snippet: was charged with racketeering pursuant to section 895.03(3), Florida Statutes (1997). In count three, he…conspiracy to commit racketeering pursuant to section 895.03(4), and in count four, he was charged with conspiracy

Chamblee v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-08-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 93 So. 3d 1184, 2012 WL 3193935, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13158

Snippet: an ongoing enterprise. §§ 895.02(1), (3)-(4) and 895.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2008); State v. Traylor, 77 So.3d