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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 870
AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES
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F.S. 870.02
870.02 Unlawful assemblies.
(1) If three or more persons meet together to commit a breach of the peace, or to do any other unlawful act, each of them commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) A person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.
History.RS 2407; GS 3240; RGS 5073; CGL 7175; s. 1126, ch. 71-136; s. 16, ch. 2021-6.

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Amendments to 870.02


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 870.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S870.02 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9443 - M: S
S870.02 1 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - COMMIT BREACH OF PEACE BY 3 OR MORE PERSONS - M: S



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SMITH, v. STATE, 194 So. 3d 483 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Five of his probation by committing two new law violations — unlawful assembly in violation of section 870.02 . . . Section 870.02 Unlawful Assembly Section 870.02 provides as follows: “If three or more persons meet together . . . Simpson, 347 So.2d 414 (Fla.1977), the Florida Supreme Court construed- section 870.02 “to prohibit ( . . .

CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION v. GORMAN, 18 Fla. Supp. 2d 261 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hearings 1986)

. . . 837.06, 843.02, 843.13, 843.17, 847.011(1), (2), (4), 847.0125(2), 847.013(2), 847.06, 847.07, 870.01, 870.02 . . .

MOBLEY, v. STATE BROWN, v. L. WAINWRIGHT, STYLES, v. STATE, 409 So. 2d 1031 (Fla. 1982)

. . . Similarly, in Simpson we adopted the common law definition of unlawful assembly in construing section 870.02 . . . We construed section 870.02 as prohibiting “(1) an assembly of three or more persons who, (2) having . . .

COHEN, v. KATSARIS,, 530 F. Supp. 1092 (N.D. Fla. 1982)

. . . . §§ 877.03 , 870.02 (1979). . . . Section 870.02, Florida Statutes, provides: If three or more persons meet together to commit a breach . . .

STATE v. L. SIMPSON, STATE v. BENJAMIN, STATE v. R. HANUKAH,, 347 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 1977)

. . . dismissed informations filed against defendants, declaring Florida’s statute on unlawful assembly, Section 870.02 . . . Section 870.02 makes it unlawful for three or more persons to meet in order “to commit a breach of the . . . Accordingly, we construe Section 870.02 to prohibit (1) an assembly of three or more persons who, (2) . . . V, § 3(b)(1), Fla.Const. . § 870.02, Fla.Stat. (1975), reads: “Unlawful assemblies. — If three or more . . . I concur in the majority opinion because as construed and limited, I believe Section 870.02, Florida . . . There are no such limitations found in our construction of Section 870.02. . . .

BROOKS, v. STATE, 336 So. 2d 647 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . Sec. 870.02, F.S. 1973. . . . .

CITY OF MIAMI, a v. CLEVELAND,, 250 So. 2d 298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1971)

. . . affrays and riots (§ 870.01 (1) and (2); defines unlawful assemblies and provides the penalty therefor (§ 870.02 . . .

UNITED STATES v. MATTHEWS,, 419 F.2d 1177 (D.C. Cir. 1969)

. . . . § 870.02; Page’s Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3761.13; Vernon’s Texas Penal Code, Art. 455. . . . .

CALLENDAR, v. STATE SMITH, v. STATE O CONNOR, v. STATE, 181 So. 2d 529 (Fla. 1966)

. . . . § 870.02, F.S.A. . . .

DRESNER, M. M. D. J. L. C. J. W. Jr. v. CITY OF TALLAHASSEE,, 134 So. 2d 228 (Fla. 1961)

. . . amended, will reveal that the statute condemns a riotous assembly and provides a penalty under Section 870.02 . . .