The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 859
POISONS; ADULTERATED DRUGS

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F.S. 859.01

859.01 Poisoning food or water.—Whoever introduces, adds, or mingles any poison, bacterium, radioactive material, virus, or chemical compound with food, drink, medicine, or any product designed to be ingested, consumed, or applied to the body with intent to kill or injure another person, or willfully poisons or introduces, adds, or mingles any bacterium, radioactive material, virus, or chemical compound into any spring, well, or reservoir of water with such intent, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2658; GS 3587; RGS 5515; CGL 7675; s. 1078, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 2001-358.

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Amendments to 859.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 859.01

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

S859.01 - FOOD-HEALTH OR SAFETY - POISON FOOD WATER OR MEDICINE WIT KILL OR INJ - F: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PORTER, v. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,, 667 F. App'x 766 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . consent law; (5) Florida Statute § 90.506, privilege with respect to trade secrets; (6) Florida Statute § 859.01 . . .

STATE v. STEWART,, 98 So. 3d 655 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . After a jury trial, Stewart was convicted of poisoning food and water in violation of section 859.01, . . .

FOSTER, v. STATE, 937 So. 2d 742 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Foster was convicted under section 859.01, Florida Statutes, of poisoning food or water. . . . The amended information tracks the 2000 version of section 859.01. . . . . § 859.01, Fla. Stat. (2000). . . .

B. M. B. v. STATE, 927 So. 2d 219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . her adjudication for poisoning food or water with intent to kill or injure, a violation of section 859.01 . . .

FOSTER, v. STATE, 875 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Once an attempt to poison is proven, under section 859.01, Florida Statutes, the elements of the crime . . . The trial court correctly instructed the jury on the elements of the crime of poisoning under section 859.01 . . . Patently, the statutory definition of the crime of poisoning includes the attempt to poison, as section 859.01 . . .

T. G. G. v., 76 T.C. 191 (T.C. 1981)

. . . claims against the estate in accordance with the provisions of Wisconsin Statutes Annotated sections 859.01 . . . Those sections provide in pertinent part as follows: 859.01 Limitation on filing claims against decedent . . . Ann. secs. 859.01 and 859.05 (West 1971)), provides that all claims against an estate shall be forever . . .