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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 800
LEWDNESS; INDECENT EXPOSURE
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F.S. 800.04
800.04 Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age.
(1) DEFINITIONS.As used in this section:
(a) “Coercion” means the use of exploitation, bribes, threats of force, or intimidation to gain cooperation or compliance.
(b) “Consent” means intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent, and does not include submission by coercion.
(c) “Female genitals” includes the labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina.
(d) “Sexual activity” means the oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or female genital penetration of another by any other object; however, sexual activity does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose.
(e) “Victim” means a person upon whom an offense described in this section was committed or attempted or a person who has reported a violation of this section to a law enforcement officer.
(2) PROHIBITED DEFENSES.Neither the victim’s lack of chastity nor the victim’s consent is a defense to the crimes proscribed by this section.
(3) IGNORANCE OR BELIEF OF VICTIM’S AGE.The perpetrator’s ignorance of the victim’s age, the victim’s misrepresentation of his or her age, or the perpetrator’s bona fide belief of the victim’s age cannot be raised as a defense in a prosecution under this section.
(4) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS BATTERY.
(a) A person commits lewd or lascivious battery by:
1. Engaging in sexual activity with a person 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; or
2. Encouraging, forcing, or enticing any person less than 16 years of age to engage in sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, prostitution, or any other act involving sexual activity.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), an offender who commits lewd or lascivious battery commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(c) A person commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 if the person is an offender 18 years of age or older who commits lewd or lascivious battery and was previously convicted of a violation of:
1. Section 787.01(2) or s. 787.02(2) when the violation involved a victim who was a minor and, in the course of committing that violation, the defendant committed against the minor a sexual battery under chapter 794 or a lewd act under this section or s. 847.0135(5);
2. Section 787.01(3)(a)2. or 3.;
3. Section 787.02(3)(a)2. or 3.;
4. Chapter 794, excluding s. 794.011(10);
5. Section 825.1025;
6. Section 847.0135(5); or
7. This section.
(5) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION.
(a) A person who intentionally touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a person less than 16 years of age, or forces or entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the perpetrator, commits lewd or lascivious molestation.
(b) An offender 18 years of age or older who commits lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim less than 12 years of age commits a life felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082(3)(a)4.
(c)1. An offender less than 18 years of age who commits lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim less than 12 years of age; or
2. An offender 18 years of age or older who commits lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age

commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(d) An offender less than 18 years of age who commits lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(e) A person commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 if the person is 18 years of age or older and commits lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age and the person was previously convicted of a violation of:
1. Section 787.01(2) or s. 787.02(2) when the violation involved a victim who was a minor and, in the course of committing the violation, the defendant committed against the minor a sexual battery under chapter 794 or a lewd act under this section or s. 847.0135(5);
2. Section 787.01(3)(a)2. or 3.;
3. Section 787.02(3)(a)2. or 3.;
4. Chapter 794, excluding s. 794.011(10);
5. Section 825.1025;
6. Section 847.0135(5); or
7. This section.
(6) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS CONDUCT.
(a) A person who:
1. Intentionally touches a person under 16 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner; or
2. Solicits a person under 16 years of age to commit a lewd or lascivious act

commits lewd or lascivious conduct.

(b) An offender 18 years of age or older who commits lewd or lascivious conduct commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(c) An offender less than 18 years of age who commits lewd or lascivious conduct commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(7) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS EXHIBITION.
(a) A person who:
1. Intentionally masturbates;
2. Intentionally exposes the genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner; or
3. Intentionally commits any other sexual act that does not involve actual physical or sexual contact with the victim, including, but not limited to, sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, or the simulation of any act involving sexual activity

in the presence of a victim who is less than 16 years of age, commits lewd or lascivious exhibition.

(b) An offender 18 years of age or older who commits a lewd or lascivious exhibition commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(c) An offender less than 18 years of age who commits a lewd or lascivious exhibition commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(8) EXCEPTION.A mother’s breastfeeding of her baby does not under any circumstance constitute a violation of this section.
History.s. 1, ch. 21974, 1943; s. 1, ch. 26580, 1951; s. 780, ch. 71-136; s. 66, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-24; s. 40, ch. 75-298; s. 291, ch. 79-400; s. 5, ch. 84-86; s. 1, ch. 90-120; s. 5, ch. 93-4; s. 6, ch. 99-201; s. 1, ch. 2000-246; s. 5, ch. 2005-28; s. 3, ch. 2008-172; s. 3, ch. 2008-182; s. 6, ch. 2014-4; s. 7, ch. 2022-165.

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Amendments to 800.04


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 800.04
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S800.04 - SEX OFFENSE-AGAINST CHILD-FONDLING - ERROR-DEGREE NOT SAME FOR ENTIRE SECTION - F: S
S800.04 4a - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7699 - F: S
S800.04 4a1 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS BATTERY VICTIM AGE 12 TO 16 - F: S
S800.04 4a1 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LEWD LASCV BATTERY VIC AGE 12 TO 16 PREV CONV - F: F
S800.04 4a2 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BATT PROMOTE SEX ACT VIC LT 16 PREV CONV - F: F
S800.04 4a2 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - PROMOTE SEXUAL ACTIVITY VICTIM LESS THAN 16 - F: S
S800.04 4b - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7691 - F: S
S800.04 4c1 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BAT 18YGT PREV CONV KIDNP MINOR SEXBAT LEWD - F: F
S800.04 4c1 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BAT 18YGT PRE CON FALS IMPRISN MINOR SEXBAT - F: F
S800.04 4c2 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BAT 18YGT PRE CON KIDNP MINOR SEX BAT CHILD - F: F
S800.04 4c2 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BAT 18YGT PRE CON KIDNP MINOR LL BAT MOLEST - F: F
S800.04 4c3 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LLBAT 18YGT PRE CON FALS IMP MINOR SEXBAT CHLD - F: F
S800.04 4c3 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LLBAT 18YGT PRE CON FALS IMP MINR LL BAT MOLST - F: F
S800.04 4c4 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LL BATTERY 18YGT PREV CONV SEXUAL BATT CHP 794 - F: F
S800.04 4c5 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LLBATT 18YGT PRE CON LL BATTERY ELDER DISABLED - F: F
S800.04 4c6 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - LLBAT 18YGT PRE CON COMPUTER SEX ACT VIC LT16Y - F: F
S800.04 5b - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 4009 - F: F
S800.04 5b - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MOLEST VIC LESS 12YOA OFFENDER 18 YOA OR OLDER - F: L
S800.04 5c1 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MOLEST VIC LT 12 YOA OFF LT 18 YOA - F: S
S800.04 5c2 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MOLEST VIC 12 YOA LT 16 YOA OFF 18 YOA OLDER - F: S
S800.04 5d - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MOLEST CHILD 12YOA UP TO 16YOA BY LESS 18YOA - F: T
S800.04 5e - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MOLEST VIC 12 YOA LT 16 YOA OFF 18Y OLDER SUBS - F: F
S800.04 6a - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - REMOVED - F: T
S800.04 6a - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - REMOVED - F: S
S800.04 6b - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - CONDUCT BY PERSON 18YOA OR OLDER - F: S
S800.04 6c - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - CONDUCT BY PERSON LESS THAN 18 YOA - F: T
S800.04 7a - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - REMOVED - F: T
S800.04 7a - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - REMOVED - F: S
S800.04 7b - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - EXHIBITION OFF 18 YOA OLDER VICTIM LESS 16 YOA - F: S
S800.04 7c - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - EXHIBITION OFF LESS 18 YOA VICTIM LESS 16 YOA - F: T
S800.04 7c - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 6528 - F: S
S800.04 7c - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 6530 - F: S
S800.04 7d - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 6529 - F: T
S800.04 7d - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 6531 - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

DE ARAGON II, v. STATE, 273 So. 3d 26 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . .]" § 800.04(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . See § 800.04(5)(b), Fla. Stat. . . . (5)(a) and F.S. 800.04(5)(b). . . . the Florida Supreme Court favorably quoted the Second District's discussion: The fact that section 800.04 . . . of consent as a defense and apparent absence of the "against that person's will" element in section 800.04 . . . the clothing covering it, of [victim], a person less than twelve (12) years of age, contrary to F.S. 800.04 . . . (5)(a) and F.S. 800.04(5)(b). . . . covering them, of a person less than 16 years of age ... commits lewd or lascivious molestation." § 800.04 . . . life felony for an adult to touch a child in this manner if the child is less than twelve years old. § 800.04 . . . See Khianthalat II , 974 So.2d at 362 ; § 800.04(2), Fla. Stat. . . .

JACOBS, v. STATE, 272 So. 3d 838 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . See Meshell, 2 So.3d at 135 (finding commission of two of the various sex acts proscribed in section 800.04 . . . the two different ways the defendant committed lewd and lascivious battery in violation of section 800.04 . . .

THORNE, v. STATE, 271 So. 3d 177 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . under 16 years of age), and with (Count Two) sexual battery (slight force), in violation of sections 800.04 . . . However, the information for Count One alleged that Appellant had violated section 800.04(4) Florida . . . the offender may not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04 . . . sexual battery may not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04 . . .

HAYES, II, v. STATE, 272 So. 3d 815 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . See § 800.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . .

QUIJANO, v. STATE, 270 So. 3d 549 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . See § 800.04(4)(a)(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . .

MESEN, a k a v. STATE, 271 So. 3d 164 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . section 825.1025(4) is further undermined by a reading of that statute in pari materia with section 800.04 . . . Section 800.04 protects minors and contains a lewd or lascivious exhibition provision nearly identical . . . to the one pertaining to disabled and elderly victims. § 800.04(7). . . . Compare § 800.04(5)(a) ("A person who intentionally touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts . . . State, 101 So.3d 373, 375 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (stating that section 800.04(5)(a) is violated either " . . .

T. L. D. a v. STATE, 266 So. 3d 881 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . Raleigh , 686 So.2d 621, 622-23 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) (rejecting argument that section 800.04, Florida . . .

J. DEDOMINICIS, v. STATE, 267 So. 3d 422 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . exhibition in the presence of a victim who is less than sixteen years of age, in violation of section 800.04 . . . See § 800.04(7)(b), Florida Statutes (2016) ("An offender 18 years of age or older who commits a lewd . . .

D. S. a v. STATE, 267 So. 3d 414 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . (III) Section 800.04(5)(c) 1. where the court finds molestation involving unclothed genitals[.] § 943.0435 . . . Because the juvenile violated section 800.04(5)(c)1., Florida Statutes (2014), the registration statute . . .

MENDEZ, v. STATE, 271 So. 3d 1093 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . (A MINOR), a person less than 12 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner, in violation of 800.04( . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 257 So. 3d 370 (Fla. 2018)

. . . . § 800.04(2), Fla. Stat. . . . . § 800.04(3), Fla. Stat. . . . Give if applicable. § 800.04(2), Fla. Stat. . . . . § 800.04(3), Fla. Stat. . . . See § 800.04(5)(e), Fla. Stat. . . .

A. ALEXIS, v. STATE, 258 So. 3d 471 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . . § 800.04(4), Fla. . . .

AGUILA, v. STATE, 255 So. 3d 522 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . section 794.011(8)(b), and two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of A.C. in violation of section 800.04 . . . counts charged under section 794.011(8)(b) and the lewd and lascivious counts charged under section 800.04 . . .

IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE- REGULAR- CYCLE REPORT., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018)

. . . defendant committed a sexual battery under chapter 794, Florida Statutes, or a lewd act under section 800.04 . . . ; d. section 794.011, Florida Statutes, (sexual battery), excluding section 794.011(10); e. section 800.04 . . . Sexual Activity [Section 800.04(4), Florida Statutes] The offense ____ did ____ did not involve sexual . . . Use of Force or Coercion [Section 800.04(4), Florida Statutes] The sexual activity described herein _ . . . Use of Force or Coercion/unclothed Genitals [Section 800.04(5), Florida Statutes] The molestation ___ . . .

TAYLOR, v. STATE, 256 So. 3d 950 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . lewd or lascivious molestation of T.F., a child less than twelve years of age, in violation of section 800.04 . . . We find no merit to Taylor's arguments that section 800.04(5)(a) is either unconstitutionally vague or . . . the breast, genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, contrary to section 800.04 . . .

TAPLIN, v. STATE, 254 So. 3d 1137 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . (c) Has previously been convicted of a violation of chapter 794, s. 800.04(4), (5), or (6), s. 827.071 . . .

AMELIO, v. STATE, 253 So. 3d 1150 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . provides that "[w]hen consent of the victim is a defense to prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, or s. 800.04 . . .

FILIPKOWSKI, v. STATE, 252 So. 3d 278 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Stat. (2009 and 2010); §§ 800.04(5)(c)(2), (7)(b), Fla. . . .

LEVANDOSKI, v. STATE, 245 So. 3d 643 (Fla. 2018)

. . . commit certain enumerated sex offenses: those convicted of a violation of chapter 794, or sections 800.04 . . .

STOFFEL, v. STATE, 247 So. 3d 89 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . . § 800.04(5), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . S.P., ..., 9 years of age, or force or entice S.P. to touch the perpetrator, in violation of Section 800.04 . . .

FRANDI, v. STATE, 244 So. 3d 1180 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . states that Appellant "has previously been convicted or found to have committed ... any violation of s. 800.04 . . . ," and section 800.04 is one of the statutes enumerated in section 775.21(4)(a)1.b. . . .

LARA- CASTILLO, v. STATE, 244 So. 3d 354 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . See § 800.04(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (2016) ; cf. also Chesebrough v. . . .

LOOR, v. STATE, 240 So. 3d 136 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . count of lewd and lascivious molestation of a person less than twelve (12) years of age under section 800.04 . . .

WATKINS, v. STATE, 244 So. 3d 341 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . violation of section 847.0135(4)(b) ; (3) attempted lewd battery on a child in violation of sections 800.04 . . .

WROMAS, Jr. v. STATE, 239 So. 3d 748 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . lascivious battery on a child between the age of twelve and sixteen years, in violation of section 800.04 . . . including lewd and lascivious battery on a child between the age of twelve and sixteen years under section 800.04 . . . and lascivious battery on a child between twelve and sixteen years of age, in violation of section 800.04 . . .

SOLIMAN, v. STATE, 241 So. 3d 908 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Stat. (2013), and attempted lewd or lascivious battery (count three), see §§ 800.04(4)(a), 777.04, Fla . . .

IN INTEREST OF X. W. a Ad v. C. W., 255 So. 3d 882 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Lewd or lascivious battery under section 800.04(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2013), criminalizes "sexual . . . See § 800.04(1)(a) ; see also Guardian Ad Litem Program v. . . .

FURLOW, DOC v. STATE, 237 So. 3d 443 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . 609 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1992) (explaining that to prove lewd or lascivious exhibition under section 800.04 . . . Florida courts have previously reversed convictions for lewd or lascivious exhibition under section 800.04 . . . pornographic picture" did not support a conviction for lewd or lascivious exhibition under section 800.04 . . . nude photographs from an automobile did not constitute lewd or lascivious exhibition under section 800.04 . . . case upholding a conviction for lewd or lascivious exhibition under section 847.0135(5) or section 800.04 . . .

STATE v. J. KNIGHTON,, 235 So. 3d 312 (Fla. 2018)

. . . [lewd or lascivious battery], The term ‘unnatural’ in 800.02 distinguishes 800.02 from 800.04, and implies . . . something more than what is covered by 800.04” Id. . . . Knighton was charged with and convicted of lewd or lascivious battery under section 800.04(4), Florida . . . Thus, in reading sections 800.02 and 800.04(4) in a way that gives full effect to all statutory provisions . . . The Fourth District’s contrary conclusion below renders the crimes under sections 800.02 and 800.04(4 . . .

J. CARRION, v. STATE, 235 So. 3d 1051 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

. . . See § 800.04(6)(a)(l), (6)(b), Fla. Stat. (2012). We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. . . . See § 800.04(6)(a)(l), (6)(b). The trial court accepted Mr. . . .

PINNOCK, v. STATE, 236 So. 3d 488 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Stat. (2006), and attempted lewd or lascivious battery on a child, see §§ 777.04(1), 800.04(4)(a), Fla . . .

WRIGHT, v. STATE, 230 So. 3d 1287 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Appellant pled to one count of lewd or lascivious battery pursuant to section 800.04(4)(a), Florida Statutes . . . He was convicted of a second-degree felony under section 800.04(4)(a), which is a qualifying felony. . . .

BENTLEY, v. STATE, 233 So. 3d 1231 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . battery on a child (twelve years or older but less than sixteen years of age), in violation of section 800.04 . . . See § 800.04(2), Fla. . . . prove lack of consent, but noting that, had the State charged defendant with a crime under section 800.04 . . .

FOSTER, v. STATE, 232 So. 3d 512 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 800.04(5)(a), (b), Fla. Stat. (2015); cf. . . .

RUBIO, DOC v. STATE, 233 So. 3d 482 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . with a child twelve years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age, in violation of sections 800.04 . . .

PHILLIPS, v. STATE, 229 So. 3d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . See § 800.04(7)(a), Fla. . . . lascivious exhibition a second-degree felony punishable by a maximum of fifteen years’ imprisonment); § 800.04 . . .

S. BROWN, v. STATE, 232 So. 3d 1065 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . charge alleging lewd or lascivious sexual battery on a child between the years of 12 and 16 (section 800.04 . . .

D. STRAITIFF, v. STATE, 228 So. 3d 1173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Lastly, Petitioner was charged with violating section 800.04(4)(a) for attempting, to engage in sexual . . .

MATIAS, v. STATE, 228 So. 3d 677 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . § 794.011, and fifteen years of probation for the lewd molestation, .a second-degree felony, see § 800.04 . . .

FLEMING, v. STATE, 227 So. 3d 1254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Section 800.04(4)(a)(l), Florida Statutes (2014), defines lewd or lascivious battery as “[ejngaging in . . . The definition of “[sjexual activity” in section 800.04(l)(a) is identical to the definition of sexual . . . 794.011(3) (sexual battery as defined), that charge subsumes lewd or lascivious battery under section 800.04 . . .

CURRY, v. STATE, 227 So. 3d 628 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . a lewd or lascivious manner, between June 23 and December 31, 2004, in violation of Florida Statute 800.04 . . . or the clothing covering them between June 23 and December 31, 2004, in violation of Florida Statute 800.04 . . . However, the limitations period for a violation of section 800.04, Florida Statutes, does not begin to . . . agency or other governmental agency, whichever occurs earlier: If the victim of a violation of ... s. 800.04 . . . the Second District held that the statute of limitations for the defendant’s violations of section 800.04 . . .

SIMBERT, v. STATE, 226 So. 3d 883 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . The state, however, did not seek to change the statute alleged to have been violated, section 800.04( . . . Both the original and amended information alleged a violation of section 800.04(4)(a). . . . Section 800.04(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that a person “commits lewd or lascivious battery . . . , the sexual organ of another or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object.” § 800.04 . . . Although the amendment did not change the crime charged, that being section 800.04(4)(a), the amendment . . .

IN INTEREST OF I. N. a E. N. v. Ad K. O., 224 So. 3d 900 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . includes lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious conduct, and lewd or lascivious exhibition, § 800.04 . . .

SIERRA, v. STATE, 230 So. 3d 48 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . trial, Sierra was convicted of two counts of’lewd or lascivious molestation, in violation of section 800.04 . . . ), Florida Statutes (2009), and one count of lewd or lascivious exhibition, in violation of section 800.04 . . .

PHILLIPS, v. STATE, 225 So. 3d 269 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . If so, then Appellant would fínd herself facing up to sixty years in prison, see §§ 775.083(3)(d), 800.04 . . .

CANNON, v. STATE, 225 So. 3d 896 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . judgment and sentence noted appellant, on the lewd or lascivious exhibition count, violated subsection 800.04 . . . (7)(c), Florida Statutes (2013), when appellant actually violated subsection 800.04(7)(b), Florida Statutes . . .

UNITED STATES v. WILKERSON,, 702 F. App'x 843 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . At trial, the district court took judicial notice of Florida Statutes § 800.04(4)(a), which criminalizes . . . Florida Statutes § 800.04(4)(a) provides that [a] person commits lewd or lascivious battery by: 1. . . . Id. § 800.04(l)(a). . . . Under its plain language, § 800.04(4)(a) criminalizes engaging in sexual 'activity (including oral sex . . . Had that sexual act been completed, it would have violated § 800.04(4)(a). . . .

LEE, v. STATE, 223 So. 3d 342 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . .” § 800.04(4)(a)l., Fla Stat. (2013). . . . ." § 800.04(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . . years of age, or forces or entices a person under 16 years of age to so touch the perpetrator .... ” § 800.04 . . .

J. ACEVEDO, v. STATE, 218 So. 3d 878 (Fla. 2017)

. . . did not contain elements similar to section 800.04(4), Florida Statutes (2005), or section 800.04(5) . . . 1) is similar in elements to sections 800.04(4) and (5).' . . . requirement contained in section 800.04(1), Florida Statutes (1995). . . . Although section 800.04(5) and the 1995 version of section 800.04(1) contain other elements that are . . . Compare § 800.04, Fla. . . . designated as a dangerous sexual felony offender (DSFO), based upon his prior conviction under section 800.04 . . . , Florida Statutes (1981), did not contain elements similar to section 800.04(4), Florida Statutes (2005 . . . In 1982, Acevedo was convicted of violating section 800.04, Florida Statutes, which read in relevant . . . The Fifth District, comparing a nearly identical statute to sections 800.04(4) and 800.04(5), correctly . . . noted two key differences: (1) “section 800.04(4) requires evidence of sexual activity, whereas there . . .

GONZALEZ, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 689 F. App'x 917 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(B). . . . (A MINOR), a person less than 12 years of age in a lewd or lascivious manner, in violation of 800.04( . . .

FOSMIRE, v. STATE, 215 So. 3d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . . § 800.04(7) (b), Fla. . . .

BAKER, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 220 So. 3d 487 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Baker also challenged the constitutionality of sections 749.011 and 800.04, Florida Statutes (2007), . . .

MCNEIL, v. STATE, 215 So. 3d 55 (Fla. 2017)

. . . 938.08, 938.085, and 938.10; and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation in violation of section 800.04 . . . adjudication, any offense against a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s. 796.03, s. 800.04 . . .

MARTINEZ, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 684 F. App'x 915 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . . § 800.04(4)(a) based on improper sexual contact with a minor. . . . Stat. § 800.04(4)(a), for sexual contact that occurred between October 31, 2006, and November 1, 2006 . . .

UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS,, 684 F. App'x 767 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . criminal offense under Florida law, namely, lewd or lascivious battery, a violation of Florida Statute 800.04 . . .

MAY, v. L. RYAN,, 245 F. Supp. 3d 1145 (D. Ariz. 2017)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(a) (2014) (prohibiting certain intentional touching of anyone under 16 years of age "in . . .

BRUGAL, v. STATE, 217 So. 3d 134 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . lascivious battery upon victim A.D., a child over 12 but under 16 years of age, in violation of section 800.04 . . . buttocks, or the clothing covering them,” the definition of lewd and lascivious molestation, section 800.04 . . . This instruction omitted the alternative provision within section 800.04(5)(a), “or forces or entices . . . That alternative provision within section 800.04(5)(a) was also omitted from the charge in Count 8 of . . . , or the clothing covering the breasts, genitals, genital area, or buttocks” as required by section 800.04 . . .

WONG, v. STATE, 212 So. 3d 351 (Fla. 2017)

. . . convicted of two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim less than twelve years of age, § 800.04 . . . counts of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim between twelve and sixteen years of age, § 800.04 . . . Stat., and one count of lewd or lascivious battery against a victim less than sixteen years of age, § 800.04 . . . Aside from section 800.04(5)(b) reclassifying the offense as a life felony in 2005, see ch. 2005-28, . . .

UNITED STATES v. J. JOHNSON,, 681 F. App'x 735 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . . § 800.04(5) (2002) triggered a sentencing enhancement under § 2251(e), then 25 to 50 years. . . . Stat. § 800.04(6), was broad enough to criminalize touching of a minor between 12 and 16 years old even . . . Stat. § 800.04(5). Moncrieffe v. . . . Stat. § 800.04(2) & (3). Therefore, the “least culpable conduct” criminalized by Fla. . . . Stat. § 800.04. . . . . § 800.04(6) (2002) criminalized touching non-genitalia body parts through clothing (which is not a . . . Stat. § 800.04(3) (2002). The elements of Fla. . . . . § 800.04(5) (2002) were therefore too much in contrast to those in § 2243 for a conviction under § . . . 800.04(5) to “relat[e] to” “abusive sexual conduct involving a minor.” . . . Stat. § 800.04(5) (2002) criminalizes a much broader range of conduct than does § 2243, the two are not . . .

PORTILLO, v. STATE, 211 So. 3d 1135 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . other than the offender may not be admitted into evidence in a prosecution under s. 787.06, s. 794.011, 800.04 . . .

DOE v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, 846 F.3d 1180 (11th Cir. 2017)

. . . Section 943.0435, Florida Statutes. (11) “Sexual offense” means a conviction under Section 794.011, 800.04 . . . unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a violation of Section 794.011 (sexual battery), 800.04 . . .

WOODRUFF, v. STATE, 208 So. 3d 1265 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . count of lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim under twelve years of age, in violation of section 800.04 . . . the one count for which Woodruff was found guilty (Count Four, a life felony as provided by section 800.04 . . .

SMITH, v. STATE, 211 So. 3d 176 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . greater. (13)(a) If the victim of a violation of s. 794.011, former s. 794.05, Florida Statutes 1995, s. 800.04 . . . A lewd or lascivious offense under s. 800.04 or s. 825.1025. . . . A lewd or lascivious offense under s. 800.04, s. 825.1025, or s. 847.0135(5). 5. . . . enforcement agency does not affect any provision of this subsection. (18) If the offense is a violation of s. 800.04 . . . ... ” § 775.15(12)(a). - For sexual battery (chapter 794) and lewd or lascivious offenses (sections 800.04 . . .

BAXTER, v. STATE, 206 So.3d 150 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See §§ 775.082(3)(c); 800.04(5)(c)(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .

GOSLING, v. STATE, 205 So. 3d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . 787.06(3)(h); s.794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; former s. 796.03; former s. 796.035; s. 800.04 . . .

STATE v. TUMLINSON,, 224 So. 3d 766 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Tumlinson with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation of J.T. under section 800.04(5)(b), Florida . . .

THOMAS, v. STATE, 209 So. 3d 35 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . 847.0135(3)(b) (2012) (count II), and one count of attempted lewd or lascivious battery under sections 800.04 . . .

MATHIS, v. STATE, 204 So.3d 104 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . with the sexual organ of another, and the defendant was eighteen years or older, contrary to Section 800.04 . . . Appellant was charged with lewd or lascivious battery, a second-degree felony prohibited by section 800.04 . . . As Appellant contends, this statute could only apply to .Count 2, the alleged violation of section 800.04 . . . A lewd or lascivious offense under s. 800.04 or s. 825.1025. 5. . . . As for the lewd or lascivious battery charge, a violation of section 800.04 is included within section . . .

VEGA, v. STATE, 208 So. 3d 215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . The law (here section 800.04) makes it a crime for a twenty-seven year old to engage in specified sexual . . . See § 800.04, Fla. . . . with lewd and lascivious acts on a child (a girl then fourteen years of age) in violation of section 800.04 . . .

WROMAS, Jr. v. STATE, 208 So. 3d 218 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . guilty to lewd and lascivious battery on a child twelve to sixteen years of age in violation of section 800.04 . . .

STAPLES, v. STATE, 202 So. 3d 28 (Fla. 2016)

. . . Stat. (2011), and attempted lewd or lascivious battery, §§ 800.04(4)(a), 777.04. . . .

ENRIQUEZ, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 662 F. App'x 650 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(b). . . .

DOE v. MIAMI- DADE COUNTY,, 838 F.3d 1050 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . Section 943.0435, Florida Statutes. (11) “Sexual offense” means a conviction under Section 794.011, 800.04 . . . unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a violation of Section 794.011 (sexual battery), 800.04 . . .

GRAHAM, v. STATE, 207 So.3d 135 (Fla. 2016)

. . . where a defendant was convicted of two counts of lewd or lascivious battery, in violation of section 800.04 . . . lascivious battery statute did not violate double jeopardy because “the. sex acts proscribed in section. 800.04 . . . See § 800.04(5)(c) 2, Fla. . . .

LESOVSKY, v. STATE, 198 So. 3d 988 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . in a lewd or lascivious manner by placing her tongue in the mouth of [the victim], contrary to F.S. 800.04 . . . (6)(a) and F.S. 800.04(6)(b)” (“Count IV”). . . .

VILLANUEVA, v. STATE, 200 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . .

R. BATCHELOR, v. STATE, 193 So. 3d 1054 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . 934.215, Floirida' Statutes (2012); .and (3) attempted lewd battery on a child, a violation of sections 800.04 . . . THE SUFFICENCY OF THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE AN ATTEMPT Under section 800.04(4): “A person who: (a) Engages . . .

PLANAS, v. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 652 F. App'x 827 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(a). . . .

DUCLOS- LASNIER, v. STATE, 192 So. 3d 1234 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . See § 800.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . See generally § 800.04(d), Fla. . . .

SENGER, v. STATE, 200 So. 3d 137 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . victim’s parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04 . . .

J. KNIGHTON, v. STATE, 193 So. 3d 115 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Here, Knighton was charged with lewd or lascivious battery pursuant to section 800.04, Florida Statutes . . . . § 800.04(4)(a)l., Fla. . . . unnatural and lascivious act] to be applied to different factual situations than would fall under section 800.04 . . . The term ‘unnatural’ in 800.02 distinguishes 800.02 from 800.04, and implies something more than what . . . is covered by 800.04.” . . .

TATE, v. STATE, 191 So. 3d 535 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . against Ricky Lee Tate, Count I charged him with lewd or lascivious battery in violation of section 800.04 . . . Counts II and III charged him with lewd or lascivious molestation in violation of section 800.04(5)(d . . . Instead, Tate was charged and convicted — apparently erroneously — under section 800.04(5)(d), which . . .

LEON, v. STATE, 190 So. 3d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . On count 6, the defendant was convicted of violating section 800.04(5)(b) of the Florida Statutes (2003 . . .

MONROE, v. STATE, 191 So. 3d 395 (Fla. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(b), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . . molestation convictions and enter judgments of conviction pursuant to sec: tions 794.011(2)(b) and 800.04 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- INSTRUCTIONS A A, 190 So. 3d 1055 (Fla. 2016)

. . . (4)(a)l. 11.10(a) Lewd or lascivious battery (Victim less than 16) * 800.04(4)(a)2.* 11.10(b) * Battery . . . (4)(a)l. 11.10(a) tery (Victim 12 or older but-less than 16) _._;_ Lewd or lascivious bat- 800.04(4)( . . . (4)(a)l. 11.10(a) Lewd or lascivious battery (Victim less than 16)* 800.04(4)(a)2.* 11.10(b) * Battery . . . (4)(a)l. 11.10(a) tery (Victim 12 or older but younger than 16)__ Lewd or lascivious bat-' 800.04(4)( . . . (4)(a)l. 11.10(a) tim 12 or older but less than 16) _ Lewd or lascivious battery (Vic- ‘ 800.04(4)(a) . . .

SALERNO, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 646 F. App'x 757 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(a) and (b). . . .

GREENE, v. STATE, 186 So. 3d 1099 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . ; or solieit[ed] [the victim] to commit a lewd or lascivious act, in violation of - Florida Statute 800.04 . . . Pursuant to section 800.04(6), Florida Statutes (2012), lewd or lascivious conduct is defined as the . . . commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. § 800.04 . . . Because section 800.04(6)(a) offered two bases for finding a violation — solicitation (no sexual contact . . .

RIVERA, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY OF TAMPA S GENERAL EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT FUND,, 189 So. 3d 207 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . which provides as. follows: The committing on or after October 1, 2008, of any felony defined in s.800.04 . . . Rivera had committed either any felony defined in section 800.04 against a victim younger-than sixteen . . . Rivera committed an offense under chapter 794 or under section 800.04 on the date of his arrest. . . .

ROUGHTON, v. STATE, 185 So. 3d 1207 (Fla. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(a), (b), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . . Compare § 800.04(l)(a), (4)(a), Fla. . . . .2d 1291 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). .In Hightower, this Court found that under the 1984 amendment to section 800.04 . . . Section 800.04 was amended in 1999, however, resulting in the removal of that phrase. . . . .]” § 800.04(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). . . . Stat. (2008). . § 800.04(5)(b), Fla. Stat. (2008). 3. " ‘Union’ means contact.” Fla. Std. . . .

J. McCARRON, DOC v. STATE, 185 So. 3d 666 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . lewd or lascivious exhibition upon a person less than sixteen years of age, a violation of section 800.04 . . . a person over eighteen years of age on a childless than twelve years of age, a violation of section 800.04 . . .

F. DANNY, Jr. v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 811 F.3d 1301 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 800.04(5)(b). . . .

RODRIGUEZ, v. STATE, 198 So. 3d 710 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . seduce/solicit a child to commit a sex act, § 847.0135(3), and attempted lewd or lascivious battery, § 800.04 . . .

STATE v. LAING,, 182 So. 3d 812 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . they could have been construed as an attempt to commit a lewd or lascivious molestation under section 800.04 . . . commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. § 800.04 . . .

UNITED STATES v. ZARATE,, 633 F. App'x 775 (11th Cir. 2015)

. . . . § 800.04(7)(a), a crime of violence under the Sentencing Guidelines. According to the PSI, Mr. . . . Stat. § 800.04 qualified for “sexual abuse of a minor” and therefore categorically was a violent felony . . . Stat. § 800.04 as codified in 1987 constituted “sexual abuse of a minor” under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 even . . . Stat. § 800.04 may have been implicated. . . . Stat. § 800.04(7)(a) in place at the time Mr. . . .

C. HANF, v. STATE, 182 So. 3d 704 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . .” § 800.04(6)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011) (emphasis added). . . . .” §§ 775.082(3)(c); 800.04(5)(c)2., Fla. Stat. (2011). . . . felony where the offender is 18 years of a,ge or older and the victim' is less than 12 years of age. § 800.04 . . . The statute provides that an offense “which is a person’s second or subsequent violation of s. 800.04 . . . less than 12 years of age, ... and the defendant was 18 years of age or older, contrary to Section 800.04 . . . Appellant was found guilty of lewd or lascivious molestation of L.C. as charged pursuant to section 800.04 . . .

R. CREWS, v. STATE, 183 So. 3d 329 (Fla. 2015)

. . . molestation of a person over the age of twelve and under the age of sixteen in violation of section 800.04 . . . lascivious exhibition in the presence of a person under the age of sixteen in violation of section 800.04 . . .

DIXON, v. STATE, 182 So. 3d 670 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . convictions for lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim less than twelve years of age (sections 800.04 . . . 2014)) and lewd or lascivious conduct by soliciting a victim less than twelve years of age (sections 800.04 . . .

FUNICIELLO, v. STATE, 179 So. 3d 388 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . The statute reads, in relevant part, as follows: 800.04. . . . . § 800.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . . standard jury instruction-reads: 11.10(a) LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS BATTERY (ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY) § 800.04 . . . 800.02 was a lesser-included offense of section 800.04. . . . ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. . § 800.04(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011). . See Williams v. . . .

H. BUCHANAN, v. STATE, 179 So. 3d 393 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . judgment to reflect that Appellant, Brian Harrison Buchanan, was found guilty of violating both section 800.04 . . . (5)(a) and 800.04(5)(b), Florida Statutes (2013). . . .

CZAJKOWSKI, v. STATE, 178 So. 3d 498 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . person over the age of 18 who, having been previously convicted of a violation of chapter 794 or s. 800.04 . . .