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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.29
817.29 Cheating.Whoever is convicted of any gross fraud or cheat at common law shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 54, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2475; GS 3344; RGS 5187; CGL 7290; s. 860, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 817.29


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.29
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.29 - FRAUD - CHEATING OR GROSS FRAUD - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

R. AERY, v. WALLACE LINCOLN- MERCURY, LLC d b a, 118 So. 3d 904 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Section 817.29 F.S. — Cheat, also a third degree felony; c. . . .

ROLLINS, INC. v. BUTLAND, 951 So. 2d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), defrauding and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29 . . .

E. DARWISH, v. STATE, 937 So. 2d 789 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Darwish challenges his judgment and sentence for the third-degree felony of cheating, section 817.29, . . . section 817.034(4)(a)(3), a third-degree felony (count two); and cheating by false pretenses, section 817.29 . . . The Cheating Statute The cheating statute, section 817.29, provides: Cheating. — Whoever is convicted . . .

ROLLINS, INC. v. BUTLAND, 932 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . section 831.01, Florida Statutes (2001), defrauding and cheating consumers in violation of section 817.29 . . .

STATE v. VIKHLYANTSEV,, 622 So. 2d 1365 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . The state charged the appellee with cheating in violation of section 817.29, Florida Statutes (1991). . . . We reversed and remanded for the appellee to be tried under section 817.29. State v. . . . On remand the trial court again dismissed the charge, finding section 817.29 unconstitutionally vague . . . Section 817.29, Florida Statutes (1991) provides: 817.29 Cheating Whoever is convicted of any gross fraud . . . Accordingly, section 817.29 and the language of 30 Geo. . . .

STATE v. VIKHLYANTSEV,, 602 So. 2d 636 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . The appellee was charged in a two count information with cheating, in violation of section 817.29, Florida . . . granted appellee’s motion to dismiss the cheating count, finding that the cheating statute, section 817.29 . . . inconsistency or repugnancy clearly appears where the identical conduct is condemned under section 817.29 . . . We therefore reverse the order of the trial court and remand for trial of the appellee under section 817.29 . . .

AMLOTTE, v. STATE, 435 So. 2d 249 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Even a common-law cheat is a felony of the third degree under section 817.29. . . .

H. L. A. a v. STATE, 395 So. 2d 250 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Statutes, or with obtaining property by false impersonation, Section 817.02, or with cheating, Section 817.29 . . .

STATE v. E. GLIDEWELL,, 311 So. 2d 126 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1975)

. . . The three-count information charged ap-pellee with violations of Florida Statutes, Sections 811.021, 817.29 . . .

STATE v. PETERSON,, 192 So. 2d 293 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966)

. . . Section 817.29, F.S.A. on Cheating and Fraud, as related to crime, provides : “Whoever is convicted of . . . By reason of the said sections 2.01 and 817.29, F.S.A., it seems clear that the English Statute 30 Geo . . .

v., 36 T.C. 982 (T.C. 1961)

. . . . $68,381.36 $78,662.18 $78, 672.18 1937. 91, 035. 00 105, 817.29 106, 281. 90 1938. 36,497.12 43,313.93 . . .

POLLOCK v. WILLIAMS, SHERIFF, 322 U.S. 4 (U.S. 1944)

. . . Florida Statutes (1941) §817.29. . . .

v. v., 36 B.T.A. 598 (B.T.A. 1937)

. . . directly to the total amount received, $4,536.15, and not to the correctness of a claimed loss of $817.29 . . .