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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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F.S. 944.37

944.37 Acceptance of unauthorized compensation; penalty.—No officer or employee of the department shall receive, directly or indirectly, from any prisoner or from anyone on behalf of such prisoner, any gift, reward, or any compensation whatsoever for his or her services or supplies other than that prescribed or authorized by law or the department. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

History.—s. 35, ch. 57-121; s. 18, ch. 61-530; s. 1168, ch. 71-136; s. 55, ch. 77-120; s. 65, ch. 79-3; s. 1648, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.37

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

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Cases Citing Statute 944.37

Total Results: 10

Gaber v. Gaber

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-01-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 536 So. 2d 381

Snippet: equal fitness). See also Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417 (1948) (en banc) (while minor child&#

Goldstein v. Goldstein

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 264 So. 2d 49

Snippet: great weight. See Eddy v. Staufer, 1948, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417; Epperson v. Epperson, Fla. 1950, 101

Pollak v. Pollak

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-03-27T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 196 So. 2d 771

Snippet: weight by the chancellor. Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417, 418. But aside from that feature, the

Borden v. Borden

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1966-12-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 193 So. 2d 15, 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4696

Snippet: time of this trial. In Eddy v. Stauffer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417 (1948), the Supreme Court held that while

Neal v. State Ex reL. Neal

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-12-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 135 So. 2d 891

Snippet: So. 510. [5] Eddy v. Staufer, (1948), 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417. [6] Little v. Franklin (Fla. 1949),

Justice v. Van Eepoel

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1961-07-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 132 So. 2d 407, 1961 Fla. LEXIS 2019

Snippet: . 837, 13 So.2d 208; Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417. He noted that they were mature and intelligent

Rhoades v. Bohn

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1959-09-08T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 114 So. 2d 493

Snippet: . 1957, 95 So.2d 25; Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417. B-32 District Court of Appeal

Epperson v. Epperson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1958-02-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 101 So. 2d 367

Snippet: appears to present. Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417; Cone v. Cone, Fla. 1953, 62 So.2d 907

York v. York

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1955-03-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 78 So. 2d 406, 1955 Fla. LEXIS 3366

Snippet: Fla. 732, 1 So.2d 734; Eddy v. Staufer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417; and Water-house v. Pringle, Fla., 68

Weldgen v. Weldgen

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1952-07-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 62 So. 2d 420, 1952 Fla. LEXIS 1912

Snippet: under authority of Eddy v. Stauffer, 160 Fla. 944, 37 So.2d 417. TERRELL, ROBERTS and MATHEWS, JJ., concur