The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 837
PERJURY

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F.S. 837.055

837.055 False information to law enforcement during investigation.—

(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully gives false information to a law enforcement officer who is conducting a missing person investigation or a felony criminal investigation with the intent to mislead the officer or impede the investigation commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) Whoever knowingly and willfully gives false information to a law enforcement officer who is conducting a missing person investigation involving a child 16 years of age or younger with the intent to mislead the officer or impede the investigation, and the child who is the subject of the investigation suffers great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-142; s. 1, ch. 2012-53.

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Amendments to 837.055

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 837.055

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

S837.055 - OBSTRUCT CRIMINAL INVEST - FALSE INFO TO LEO RE MISSING PERSON OR FELONY - M: F

S837.055 1 - OBSTRUCT CRIMINAL INVEST - FALSE INFO TO LEO RE MISSING PERSON OR FELONY - M: F

S837.055 2 - OBSTRUCT CRIMINAL INVEST - FALSE INFO TO LEO RE MISSING PERSON LT 16 YOA - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 267 So. 3d 980 (Fla. 2019)

. . . YOUNGER WHO SUFFERS [GREAT BODILY HARM] [PERMANENT DISABILITY] [PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT] [DEATH] § 837.055 . . . AGE OR YOUNGER WHO SUFFERS [GREAT BODILY HARM] [DEATH] [PERMANENT [DISABILITY] [DISFIGUREMENT] - § 837.055 . . . ONE TWO Knowingly Giving 837.055(1) 21.15 False Information Concerning a Missing Person Investigation . . . Knowingly Giving 837.055(1) 21.15 False Information Concerning a Felony Criminal Investigation Attempt . . .

MELVIN, v. STATE, 246 So. 3d 424 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Appellant was charged with three counts of violating section 837.055(2), Florida Statutes (2013). . . . As a result of Anthony , the legislature enacted section 837.055(2), creating a third-degree felony when . . . investigation suffers great bodily harm, permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or death .... § 837.055 . . . One possible reading of section 837.055(2), Florida Statutes (2013), is that the child who is the subject . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 216 So. 3d 1281 (Fla. 2017)

. . . APPENDIX 21.15 FALSE INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT § 837.055(1), Fla. Stat. . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 211 So. 3d 995 (Fla. 2017)

. . . 2014 [152 So. 3d 475], 2015 [167 So. 3d 443], and 2017. 18.3 FALSE INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT § 837.055 . . .

EH, a MOORE HH, a W. v. CITY OF MIRAMAR, a, 111 F. Supp. 3d 1307 (S.D. Fla. 2015)

. . . Additionally, 837.055 Fla. . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 131 So. 3d 755 (Fla. 2013)

. . . YOUNGER WHO SUFFERS [GREAT BODILY HARM] [PERMANENT DISABILITY] [PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT] [DEATH] § 837.055 . . . enforcement officer” This instruction was adopted in 2013. 48.32115 FALSE INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT § 837.055 . . .

KELLY, v. STATE, 125 So. 3d 1046 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See § 837.055, Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

ANTHONY, v. STATE, 108 So. 3d 1111 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . information to a law enforcement officer during a missing person investigation in -violation of section 837.055 . . . rights; (2) her multiple convictions violated the prohibition against double jeopardy; and (3) section 837.055 . . . Section 837.055 speaks in terms of “false information,” not “false statements.” . . . Based on the wording of section 837.055, we cannot conclude that the Legislature intended to authorize . . . We find no merit to Appellant’s final argument challenging the constitutionality of section 837.055. . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 995 So. 2d 489 (Fla. 2008)

. . . New instructions 18.3 and 21.7 are based upon sections 837.055 and 901.36(2), Florida Statutes (2007) . . . Comment This instruction was adopted in 2008. 18.3 FALSE INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT § 837.055 Fla . . .