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F.S. 784.05 on Google Scholar

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Amendments to 784.05


The 2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022 Special Session A and 2023 Special Session B)
Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 784.05 Florida Statutes and Case Law
784.05 Culpable negligence.—
(1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes another person to personal injury commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Whoever, through culpable negligence, inflicts actual personal injury on another commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) Whoever violates subsection (1) by storing or leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor commits, if the minor obtains the firearm and uses it to inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or any other person, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. However, this subsection does not apply:
(a) If the firearm was stored or left in a securely locked box or container or in a location which a reasonable person would have believed to be secure, or was securely locked with a trigger lock;
(b) If the minor obtains the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person;
(c) To injuries resulting from target or sport shooting accidents or hunting accidents; or
(d) To members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or State Militia, or to police or other law enforcement officers, with respect to firearm possession by a minor which occurs during or incidental to the performance of their official duties.

When any minor child is accidentally shot by another family member, no arrest shall be made pursuant to this subsection prior to 7 days after the date of the shooting. With respect to any parent or guardian of any deceased minor, the investigating officers shall file all findings and evidence with the state attorney’s office with respect to violations of this subsection. The state attorney shall evaluate such evidence and shall take such action as he or she deems appropriate under the circumstances and may file an information against the appropriate parties.

1(4) As used in this act, the term “minor” means any person under the age of 16.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5212, 1903; GS 3229; RGS 5062; CGL 7164; s. 733, ch. 71-136; s. 21, ch. 74-383; s. 11, ch. 75-298; ss. 3, 7, ch. 89-534; s. 1199, ch. 97-102.
1Note.—Also published at s. 790.174(3).

Statutes updated from Official Statutes on: March 07, 2023
F.S. 784.05 on Google Scholar

F.S. 784.05 on Casetext

Amendments to 784.05


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.05
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

784.05 1 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE EXPOSURE TO HARM - M: S
784.05 2 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE INFLICT HARM - M: F
784.05 3 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - CULP NEGLIG ALLOW MINOR ACCESS WEAP INJ DEATH - F: T

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S784.05
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

Current data shows no reason a civil citation or a suspension or revocation of license should have been issued under Florida Statute 784.05.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

  1. Kish v. State

    145 So. 3d 225 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)   Cited 6 times
    Appellant Jennifer Kish appeals her convictions on three counts of culpable negligence under section 784.05(1), Florida Statutes, for allowing her children, ages 10, 8, and 7, who were sick with cold and upper respiratory symptoms, to be left unsupervised for two to three hours after school until adults arrived home from work. Ms. Kish argues that the trial court should have granted her motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to establish culpable negligence. We agree and reverse.
    PAGE 226

  2. State v. Greene

    348 So. 2d 3 (Fla. 1977)   Cited 29 times
    " 784.05 Culpable negligence
    PAGE 4

  3. J.C. v. State

    233 So. 3d 519 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)
    The version of section 784.05(1) criminalizing culpable negligence without injury was adopted in 1974, although it appears as though a statute criminalizing culpable negligence that actually resulted in personal injury predated that. Compare § 784.05, Fla. Stat. (1975) (criminalizing certain acts of culpable negligence without regard to actual personal injury), with § 784.05, Fla. Stat. (1961) (requiring actual injury for the criminal act of culpable negligence). I have no reason to believe that the term "personal injury" had any different meaning when it was first used in these statutes than it did when section 784.05(1) was adopted.
    PAGE 523

  4. Standard Instruct. in Cr. Cases No. 2007-10

    997 So. 2d 403 (Fla. 2008)   Cited 41 times
    In its proposal amending instruction 8.9, Culpable Negligence, the Committee suggested language that appears to not be in accord with our decision in State v. Greene, 348 So.2d 3 (Fla. 1977). In Greene, we upheld the constitutionality of the culpable negligence statute, section 784.05, Florida Statutes, stating that "reckless indifference or grossly careless disregard of the safety of others is necessary to prove `culpable negligence.'" Id. at 4. Greene relied upon Russ v. State, 140 Fla. 217, 191 So. 296 (1939), where we defined "culpable negligence" as

  5. Standard Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases

    723 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 1998)   Cited 28 times

    782.071 784.05 784.045 784.021 784.03 784.011 782.04 782.04 782.051 782.051 782.051 782.04 784.021 784.03 784.011 782.07 782.071 784.021 784.03 784.011 784.05 784.05 782.071 316.192 784.05 784.05 784.011

    045 784.03 790.10 784.045 784.03 784.048 784.048 784.048 784.011 790.10 784.048 784.048 741.31 784.05 784.05 784.07 784.011 784.07 784.03 784.07 784.021 784.07 784.011 790.10 790.15 784.07 784.045 784.07

  6. In re Standard Jury Inst. in Criminal Cases

    994 So. 2d 1038 (Fla. 2008)   Cited 5 times

    4 Assault 784.011 8.1 Battery 784.03 8.3 Felony battery 8.5 Culpable negligence 784.05(2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Attempted second (2) 6.4 degree murder 777.04 Attempted voluntary 782.07

    Vehicular homicide 7.9 (Nonhomicide lessers) 777.04(1) 5.1 Attempt Culpable negligence 784.05(2) 8.9 Culpable negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Felony battery 8.5 Aggravated battery 784.045 8.4 Aggravated assault 784

  7. Standard Jury Instructions — Crim. Cases

    603 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 1992)   Cited 43 times

    Battery — 784.03 Assault — 784.011 Vehicular homicide — 782.071 Culpable negligence — 784.05(1) Culpable negligence — 784.05(2) fn_d Assault — 784.011 None Attempt Aggravated assault — Assault — 784.011 Attempt

    10 Discharging firearms in public — 790.15 Culpable negligence — Culpable negligence — None 784.05(2) 784.05(1) Assault of law None Attempt enforcement officer — Assault — 784.011 784.07(2) Battery of

  8. In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report 2017-06

    236 So. 3d 282 (Fla. 2018)
    AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER — 782.07(2), 782.07(3), AND 782.07(4) CATEGORY ONE CATEGORY TWO FLA. STAT. INS. NO. Manslaughter 782.07 7.7 *Neglect by Culpable 825.102(3)(b) 29.22 Negligence of a[n] or or [Elderly Person] 827.03(2)(b) 16.5 [Disabled Adult] [Child] Causing Great Bodily Harm, Permanent Disability, or Permanent Disfigurement *Neglect by Culpable 825.102(3)(c) 29.22 Negligence of a[n] or or [Elderly Person] 827.03(2)(d) 16.6 [Disabled Adult] [Child] Without Causing Great Bodily Harm, Permanent Disability, or Permanent Disfigurement *Culpable Negligence 784.05(2) 8.9 Inflicting Injury *Culpable Negligence 784.05(1) 8.9 Exposing Another to Injury
    PAGE 320

  9. The Florida Bar re Standard Jury Instr

    508 So. 2d 1221 (Fla. 1987)   Cited 20 times
    SHAW J., concurs specially with an opinion. 794.011 794.023 See Coleman v. State, 484 So.2d 624 794.011 794.023 See Coleman v. State, 484 So.2d 624 794.011 794.023 See Coleman v. State, 484 So.2d 624 794.011 794.023 See Coleman v. State, 484 So.2d 624 800.04 800.04 800.04 800.04 Lanier v. State, 443 So.2d 178 951.22 316.193 316.003 877.111 316.1934 777.03CHARGED OFFENSES CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 782.04 782.04 782.04 782.07 782.04 782.071 784.045 784.045 784.021 784.03 784.011 782.04 782.04 782.04 782.07 782.04 784.045 784.021 784.03 784.011fn_ 782.07 782.04 782.04 782.071 784.05 784.045 784.021 784.03 784.011fn_ 782.04 782.04 782.04 784.021 784.03 784.011fn_ 782.07 784.021 784.03 784.011 782.071 784.05 784.05fn__ fn_ 784.011 784.011 784.021 790.10 790.15 784.011 784.021 784.03 784.03 784.045 784.03 784.045 790.10 790.15 784.05 784.05 784.07 784.011 784.07 784.03fn____ 787.01 787.02 784.021 784.03 784.011 790.01 790.10 790.15 790.17 790.18 790.23 790.01 790.01 784.03 794.011 784.011 784.021 784.045 784.03 794.011 784.045 784.021 784.011 794.011 794.011 784.03 794.011 784.021 784.011 794.011 784.03 794.011 784.011 800.02 800.03 800.02 784.011 784.03 800.04…
    PAGE 1223

  10. United States v. Wiley

    Case No. 00-14057-CR-GRAHAM/LYNCH (S.D. Fla. Dec. 1, 2016)
    In its Superseding Petition, the Government alleged that Wiley committed Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon, contrary to § 784.05(1). Section 784.05(1), however, is the statute for Culpable Negligence. Nonetheless, the Court does not dismiss indictments for an erroneous citation unless it prejudices a defendant. Indeed, Wiley does not argue that he was prejudiced by this error. Rather, he merely states that a review of § 784.05(1) reveals that it applies to Culpable Negligence, not Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon. Although Rule 7(c)(2) and Rowan reference errors in a citation of an indictment or information, this Court concludes that the same rule applies in a Superseding Petition in the context of supervised release. Thus, the Government's citation error in the Superseding Petition does not prohibit the Court from finding that Wiley violated condition 12.
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