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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 775
GENERAL PENALTIES; REGISTRATION OF CRIMINALS
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775.04 What penal acts or omissions not public offenses.Acts or omissions to which a pecuniary penalty is attached, recoverable by action by a person for his or her own use or for the use, in whole or in part, of the state or of a county or a public body, or of a corporation, are not public offenses within the meaning of these statutes.
History.RS 2349; GS 3173; RGS 5002; CGL 7101; s. 1184, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 775.04

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Wyche v. State, 987 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 18 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2008 WL 2678058

...On November 12, 2003, the trial court imposed a ten-year sentence as to Counts I and III, credited Wyche with 220 days time served, and ordered a five-year term of probation as to Count II. The trial court also adjudicated Wyche a habitual felony offender under section 775.04, Florida Statutes....
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Robert Ackinclose, Joseph F. Barcia v. Palm Beach Cnty., Florida, 845 F.2d 931 (11th Cir. 1988).

Cited 12 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 28 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 1057, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 6920, 1988 WL 41336

18 [96 S.Ct. at 2475, n. 18]. 29 C.F.R. § 775.4 states in its entirety: (a) In the
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State v. Colley, 744 So. 2d 1172 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1999 WL 992683

...Colley pleaded to an attempt does not prevent his designation as a sexual predator. See Johnson v. State, 716 So.2d 332 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). Likewise, the fact *1174 that the offense to which he pleaded is a first-degree felony only because it was reclassified under section 775.04 does not prevent his designation as a sexual predator....
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State v. Riley, 648 So. 2d 825 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 1710

...As stated by the Florida Supreme Court: We did not intend nor do we read King to require a specific finding that an enhanced sentence is not necessary for the protection of the public. By virtue of sentencing a habitual offender to a more lenient sentence than that required by section 775.04, Florida Statutes (1991), the judge has necessarily decided that a habitual offender sentence is not necessary....
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Lenoir v. State, 804 So. 2d 507 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 1644818

...on if the omission did not mislead Lenoir to his prejudice. Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.140(d) (2001). Additionally, the language in the original information states that Lenoir "attempted to kill [the victim] ... by shooting him with a firearm in violation of § 775.04 and 782.04," which citations refer to the offenses of attempt and murder....
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Pope v. State, 475 So. 2d 1021 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2259, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16042

...Judge. Defendant contends that his enhanced sentence as an habitual offender following his conviction for grand theft was erroneous because the trial court made no finding that the enhanced sentence was necessary to protect the public as required by section 775.04(3), Florida Statutes (1983)....
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Jamie Perry Zagarella v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2023).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...er The defendant also argues a “scrivener’s error” appears in his final judgment. He argues the judgment impermissibly cites two crimes: simple battery and battery on a law enforcement officer. He argues this violates double jeopardy under section 775.04(b)(2), Florida Statutes (2021), because it convicts him of two offenses that are “different degrees of the same offense.” See Ramirez v....
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Bryant v. State, 622 So. 2d 155 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 8381, 1993 WL 302668

offender status under the pre-1989 version of section 775.04, Florida Statutes, is facially valid. Accordingly