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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 782
HOMICIDE
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F.S. 782.08
782.08 Assisting self-murder.Every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder shall be guilty of manslaughter, a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 9, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2385; GS 3210; RGS 5040; CGL 7142; s. 716, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 782.08


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 782.08
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S782.08 - HOMICIDE-NEGLIG MANSL - ASSISTING IN SELF MURDER - F: S



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IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 272 So. 3d 1210 (Fla. 2019)

. . . See § 782.08, Fla. Stat. (2018). . . . This verdict form was adopted in 2019. 7.7(c) ASSISTED SELF-MURDER § 782.08, Fla. Stat. . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 236 So. 3d 282 (Fla. 2018)

. . . Assisting a suicide is Manslaughter, according to § 782.08, Fla. Stat. . . .

In IRON AGE CORPORATION,, 378 B.R. 419 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007)

. . . The Landlord's Proof of Claim seeks $7,820.88 in rent and 10% of that amount ($782.08) in late charges . . .

KRISCHER, v. McIVER, M. D., 697 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1997)

. . . Hall and his physician, Cecil Mclver, M.D., filed suit for a declaratory judgment that section 782.08 . . . The court concluded that section 782.08 could not be constitutionally enforced against the appellees . . . Section 782.08, Florida Statutes (1995), which was first enacted in 1868, provides in pertinent part . . . We reverse the judgment of the trial court and uphold the constitutionality of section 782.08. . . . Thus, I concur with the majority’s conclusion that Florida’s right of privacy does not render section 782.08 . . .

WASHINGTON v. GLUCKSBERG, 521 U.S. 702 (U.S. 1997)

. . . . § 782.08 (1991); Ga. Code Ann. § 16-5-5(b) (1996); Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-702(1)(b) (1993); Ill. . . .

STATE v. ADAMS,, 683 So. 2d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . that count, “deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder,” a violation of section 782.08 . . . crime does not exist in Florida because the legislature has clearly supplanted it by enacting section 782.08 . . . the legislature abrogated the common law crime of being a principal to suicide by enacting section 782.08 . . . support of its dismissal of count two, we do conclude that dismissal was appropriate in that section 782.08 . . .

COMPASSION IN DYING, a M. D. v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, 79 F.3d 790 (9th Cir. 1996)

. . . . § 782.08 (West 1986); GA.CODE ANN. § 16-5-5 (Westlaw 1996); HAW.REV.STAT. § 707-702 (Westlaw 1996); . . .

WHITE, v. STATE, 666 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1996)

. . . See § 782.08, Fla.Stat. (1993) (assisting self-murder); Id. § 782.09 (the willful killing of an unborn . . .

RAGAN, v. STATE, 599 So. 2d 276 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . have given the jury his proposed instruction on assisting self-murder, which is now defined in section 782.08 . . .

In GUARDIANSHIP OF M. BROWNING. STATE v. F. HERBERT,, 568 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 1990)

. . . . § 782.08, Fla.Stat. (1987). See § 765.11(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

In GUARDIANSHIP OF M. BROWNING, F. HERBERT, M. BROWNING, v. STATE, 543 So. 2d 258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . . § 782.08, Fla.Stat. (1987). See § 765.11(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

BRESLER S FLAVORS FRANCHISING CORP. v. WOKOSIN, 591 F. Supp. 1533 (E.D. Wis. 1984)

. . . This increase would consume nearly all of the prospective net profit of $13,528, leaving a mere $782.08 . . .

A. RODRIGUEZ, v. STATE, 443 So. 2d 286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . See §§ 782.08, 782.09, 782.11, Fla.Stat. (1981); § 316.1931(2), Fla.Stat. (Supp. 1982). . . . .

J. SATZ, v. PERLMUTTER,, 362 So. 2d 160 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . under the Florida Murder Statute Section 732.04, Florida Statutes (1977) or Manslaughter under Section 782.08 . . .

PERLMUTTER v. FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER,, 47 Fla. Supp. 190 (Broward Cty. Cir. Ct. 1978)

. . . The state, through its state attorney, further warns of possible criminal violation of Section 782.08 . . . would be self-murder and that anyone assisting such termination would be guilty of violating Section 782.08 . . .

WHITEHEAD, v. STATE, 245 So. 2d 94 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . See, e. g., (§§ 782.08, 782.09, 782.10, 782.12, 782.13, 782.14, 782.15 and 860.01) . Brown v. . . .