Florida Statute 944.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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F.S. 944.02

944.02 Definitions.—The following words and phrases used in this chapter shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:

(1) “Commission” means the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

(2) “Correctional system” means all prisons and other state correctional institutions now existing or hereafter created under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

(3) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.

(4) “Elderly offender” means a prisoner age 50 or older in a state correctional institution or facility operated by the department.

(5) “Lease-purchase agreement” means an installment sales contract which requires regular payments with an interest charge included and which provides that the lessee receive title to the property upon final payment.

(6) “Prisoner” means any person who is under civil or criminal arrest and in the lawful custody of any law enforcement official, or any person committed to or detained in any municipal or county jail or state prison, prison farm, or penitentiary, or to the custody of the department pursuant to lawful authority.

(7) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Corrections.

(8) “State correctional institution” means any prison, road camp, prison industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the department.

History.—s. 1, ch. 57-121; s. 18, ch. 61-530; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 1, 2, ch. 70-441; s. 1, ch. 71-345; s. 283, ch. 71-377; s. 3, ch. 74-112; s. 21, ch. 77-120; s. 34, ch. 79-3; s. 1, ch. 85-340; s. 52, ch. 88-122; s. 1, ch. 2000-214; s. 1, ch. 2002-32; s. 5, ch. 2004-248; s. 33, ch. 2014-191; s. 6, ch. 2023-268.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.02

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 944.02.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 944.02

Total Results: 20

LUZ ZARITZA CEBALLOS v. FEDERICO BARETTO

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-04-13

Snippet: Echezarreta v. Echezaretta, 944 2 So. 2d 1169, 1170 (Fla. 3d DCA

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-11

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-02-27

Snippet: intending to avoid confinement. § 944.02(6), Fla. Stat. “Prisoner” means any person

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-09

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-01-16

Snippet: Definitions. Give as applicable. § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. A “state correctional institution”

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-12.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-05-30

Citation: 272 So. 3d 243

Snippet: correctional facility. Give in all cases. § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. "State correctional facility"

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-04.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-15

Citation: 257 So. 3d 370

Snippet: Definitions. Give as applicable. *398 § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. A "state correctional institution"

Taylor v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-12-06

Snippet: custody and jurisdiction of the [DOC]." § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. (2016) (emphasis added). "State

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2016-09

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-04-27

Citation: 216 So. 3d 497

Snippet: correctional facility. Give in all cases. § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. “State correctional facility”

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2015-03 – Corrected Opinion

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-05-19

Snippet: correctional facility. Give in all cases. § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. “State correctional facility”

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-REPORT NO. 2014-08

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-10-08

Citation: 176 So. 3d 938, 2015 WL 5853925

Snippet: Definitions. Give as applicable. § 944.02(8), Fla. Stat. A “state correctional institution”

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-05

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-12-11

Citation: 153 So. 3d 192, 2014 WL 6977938

Snippet: Give in all cases. State Correctional Facility. § 944-02(8) Fla. Stat. “State correctional facility”

Dawes v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-02-28

Citation: 135 So. 3d 420, 2014 WL 773119, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 3223

Snippet: jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, see § 944.02(2), Fla. Stat. (2011), while county *424detention

Lacey v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-06-05

Citation: 114 So. 3d 452, 2013 WL 2420480, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8839

Snippet: [Department of Corrections] pursuant to section 944.02(6), Florida Statutes.... ” Id. In contrast, section

Hopkins v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-09-13

Citation: 105 So. 3d 470, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 2012 WL 4009511, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1799

Snippet: a state correctional institution defined in s. 944.02(6); a private correctional facility defined in

Spann v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-15

Citation: 996 So. 2d 873, 2008 WL 4568032

Snippet: lawful custody of any law enforcement official." § 944.02(6), Fla. Stat. Our supreme court has held that

State v. King

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-10-31

Citation: 968 So. 2d 658, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 17253, 2007 WL 3170170

Snippet: someone in the custody of the DOC pursuant to section 944.02(6), Florida Statutes (2005). The applicable escape

Hebert v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-09-12

Citation: 962 So. 2d 1068, 2007 WL 2609404

Snippet: lawful custody of any law enforcement official." § 944.02(6), Fla. Stat. (2005). Our supreme court has thus

Richardson v. FLORIDA PAROLE COM'N

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-03-23

Citation: 924 So. 2d 908, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 4187

Snippet: this general rule for "prisoners, as defined by s. 944.02, [who] shall not be considered parties in any proceedings

Clark v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-05-04

Citation: 920 So. 2d 634, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 6524, 2005 WL 1026187

Snippet: lawful custody of a law enforcement official. See § 944.02(b), Fla. Stat. (2002). A prisoner is under a valid

Applewhite v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-06-18

Citation: 874 So. 2d 1276, 2004 WL 1359434

Snippet: NOTES [1] § 944.40, Fla. Stat. (2001). [2] § 944.02(6), Fla. Stat. (2001).

Garner v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-03-19

Citation: 839 So. 2d 924, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 3729, 2003 WL 1239643

Snippet: custody and jurisdiction of the department.” § 944.02(6), Fla. Stat. (1999)(emphasis added). A “Prisoner”