The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 893
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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F.S. 893.20

893.20 Continuing criminal enterprise.—

(1) Any person who commits three or more felonies under this chapter in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management and who obtains substantial assets or resources from these acts is guilty of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.

(2) A person who commits the offense of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise is guilty of a life felony, punishable pursuant to the Criminal Punishment Code and by a fine of $500,000.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence may not be suspended, deferred, or withheld.

(4) This section does not prohibit separate convictions and sentences for violation of this section and for felony violations of this chapter.

(5) This section must be interpreted in concert with its federal analog, 21 U.S.C. s. 848.

History.—s. 1, ch. 89-145; s. 25, ch. 93-406; s. 24, ch. 97-194.

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Amendments to 893.20

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 893.20

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

S893.20 - DANGEROUS DRUGS - CONTROLLED SUBS CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE - F: L

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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

. . . Criminal Enterprise ___ It is further ordered that the 25 year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 188 So. 3d 764 (Fla. 2015)

. . . Continuing Criminal Enterprise It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 26 So. 3d 534 (Fla. 2009)

. . . Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 998 So. 2d 1128 (Fla. 2008)

. . . Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 886 So. 2d 197 (Fla. 2004)

. . . Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

G. KEEGAN, v. STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. PENSION FUND,, 211 F. Supp. 2d 632 (E.D. Pa. 2002)

. . . End Hours Rate Contributions 03/01/81 12/31/81 63.00 $1.45 $ 91.35 01/01/82 12/31/82 616.00 $1.45 $ 893.20 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 794 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2000)

. . . Criminal Enterprise _It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of. section 893.20 . . .

WAITE, v. CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE,, 681 So. 2d 901 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . See §§ 112.3173(2)(a), 327.36(1), 775.087(3)(a), 784.07(2), 784.08(3), 790.165(3), 893.135(3), 893.20 . . .

T. GRISSOM, v. STATE, 679 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . and convicted in 1992 of engaging in a continuing criminal drug enterprise in violation of section 893.20 . . .

STATE v. Z. SWIDER, 654 So. 2d 562 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . additional sentencing language in the trafficking provision of section 893.135: Sections 893.135 and 893.20 . . . Also, sections 893.135 and 893.20 expressly refer to their sentences as “mandatory.” . . .

STATE v. JOHNSON,, 627 So. 2d 98 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . , 603 So.2d 504 (Fla.1992) compared the language of sections 893.13(1)(e) with sections 893.135 and 893.20 . . . greater discretion in sentencing decisions under section 893.13(1)(e), than under sections 893.135 and 893.20 . . .

HILL, v. STATE, 624 So. 2d 826 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Sections 893.135 [drug trafficking] and 893.20 [continuing criminal enterprise], Florida Statutes (1989 . . . Also, sections 893.135 and 893.20 expressly refer to their sentences as “mandatory.” . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 606 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1992)

. . . Criminal Enterprise _ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

A. SCATES, v. STATE, 603 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 1992)

. . . Sections 893.135 and 893.20, Florida Statutes (1989), provide that the minimum sentences contained therein . . . Also, sections 893.-135 and 893.20 expressly refer to their sentences as “mandatory.” . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE- RULES AND, 603 So. 2d 1144 (Fla. 1992)

. . . Criminal Enterprise __ It is further ordered that the 25-year minimum sentence provisions of section 893.20 . . .

BERRY v. MONTEZUMA, 3 F. Cas. 290 (S.D.N.Y. 1856)

. . . The whole wages amounted to 893.20, against which the libellant credits payments to $24.70. . . .