Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

You're probably overthinking it. Call a lawyer.

Call Now: 904-383-7448
Florida Statute 775.0847 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
Florida Statute 775.0847 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Link to State of Florida Official Statute
F.S. 775.0847 Case Law from Google Scholar Google Search for Amendments to 775.0847

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 775
GENERAL PENALTIES; REGISTRATION OF CRIMINALS
View Entire Chapter
775.0847 Possession or promotion of certain images of child pornography; reclassification.
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) “Child” or “minor” means any person, whose identity is known or unknown, younger than 18 years of age.
(b) “Child pornography” means:
1. Any image depicting a minor engaged in sexual conduct; or
2. Any image that has been created, altered, adapted, or modified by electronic, mechanical, or other means, to portray an identifiable minor engaged in sexual conduct.
(c) “Female genitals” includes the labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina.
(d) “Identifiable minor” means a person:
1. Who was a minor at the time the image was created, altered, adapted, or modified, or whose image as a minor was used in the creating, altering, adapting, or modifying of the image; and
2. Who is recognizable as an actual person by the person’s face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark, or other recognizable feature.

The term may not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the identifiable minor.

(e) “Sadomasochistic abuse” means flagellation or torture by or upon a person or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained, for the purpose of deriving sexual satisfaction, or satisfaction brought about as a result of sadistic violence, from inflicting harm on another or receiving such harm oneself.
(f) “Sexual battery” means oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or female genital penetration of another by any other object; however, sexual battery does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose.
(g) “Sexual bestiality” means any sexual act, actual or simulated, between a person and an animal involving the sex organ of the one and the mouth, anus, or female genitals of the other.
(h) “Sexual conduct” means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, or sadomasochistic abuse; actual or simulated lewd exhibition of the genitals; actual physical contact with a person’s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is a female, breast with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of either party; or any act or conduct which constitutes sexual battery or simulates that sexual battery is being or will be committed. A mother’s breastfeeding of her baby does not under any circumstance constitute “sexual conduct.”
(2) A violation of s. 827.071, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0137, or s. 847.0138 shall be reclassified to the next higher degree as provided in subsection (3) if:
(a) The offender possesses 10 or more images of any form of child pornography regardless of content; and
(b) The content of at least one image contains one or more of the following:
1. A child who is younger than the age of 5.
2. Sadomasochistic abuse involving a child.
3. Sexual battery involving a child.
4. Sexual bestiality involving a child.
5. Any motion picture, film, video, or computer-generated motion picture, film, or video involving a child, regardless of length and regardless of whether the motion picture, film, video, or computer-generated motion picture, film, or video contains sound.
(3)(a) In the case of a felony of the third degree, the offense is reclassified to a felony of the second degree.
(b) In the case of a felony of the second degree, the offense is reclassified to a felony of the first degree.

For purposes of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain-time eligibility under chapter 944, a felony offense that is reclassified under this section is ranked one level above the ranking under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 of the offense committed.

History.s. 3, ch. 2007-143; s. 3, ch. 2022-165; s. 1, ch. 2022-212.

F.S. 775.0847 on Google Scholar

F.S. 775.0847 on CourtListener

Amendments to 775.0847


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 775.0847
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S775.0847 2 - OBSCENE MATERIAL-POSSESS - POSSESS 10 OR MORE CHILD PORN IMAGE F3 OFFENSE - F: S
S775.0847 2 - OBSCENE MATERIAL-POSSESS - POSSESS 10 OR MORE CHILD PORN IMAGE F2 OFFENSE - F: F

Cases Citing Statute 775.0847

Total Results: 8  |  Sort by: Relevance  |  Newest First

Copy

Parker v. State, 81 So. 3d 451 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 15255, 2011 WL 4467635

LaROSE, Judge. Danny Parker appeals his convictions and sentences for possession of child pornography. See §§ 775.0847, 827.071(5), Fla....
...e or gratify the sexual desire of either party; or any act or conduct which constitutes sexual battery or simulates that sexual battery is being or will be committed.” Stelmack, 58 So.3d at 876 (emphasis omitted) (quoting § 827.071(l)(g)); accord § 775.0847(l)(f)....
...fore them may be disposed of upon any other ground.”). Reversed. LENDERMAN, JOHN C., Associate Senior Judge, Concurs. MORRIS, J., Dissents with opinion. . At its core, child pornography is "any image depicting a minor engaged in sexual conduct.” § 775.0847(l)(b)....
Copy

Matthew Taby v. State of Florida, 181 So. 3d 547 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 17902, 2015 WL 7544961

...After unsuccessfully moving to dismiss charges in the circuit court, appellant withdrew his guilty plea and pleaded nolo contendre to charges in return for a favorable sentence. Although appellant raises intriguing questions concerning the application of section 775.0847(2), Florida Statutes (2012), summary affirmance of the trial court is appropriate pursuant to Leonard v....
Copy

Jenrette-Smith v. State, 114 So. 3d 427 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 2360921, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8580

...Shedrick Jenrette-Smith appeals his convictions on fourteen counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child in violation of section 827.071(3), Florida Statutes (2008). His offenses were reclassified from second-degree felonies to first-degree felonies by virtue of section 775.0847(2), Florida Statutes (2008), after the jury determined that Jenrette-Smith possessed ten or more images of child pornography, of which at least one depicted the sexual battery of a child....
...State, 557 So.2d 582, 584 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), disapproved on other grounds by Wilson v. State, 635 So.2d 16 (Fla.1994). Bound by our precedent in Killian , we reject Jenrette-Smith’s argument and affirm the convictions at issue here. III. RECLASSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 775.0847(2), FLORIDA STATUTES Jenrette-Smith also argues that the trial court erred when it denied his motion for judgment of acquittal as to the reclassification of his offenses pursuant to section 775.0847(2)....
Copy

Walsh v. State, 198 So. 3d 783 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3382, 2016 WL 833583

...Tallahassee, and Lisa Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Harry Martin Walsh, Jr. appeals his convictions and sentences, totaling 63.5 years in prison, for possession of child pornography. See §§ 827.071(5)(a), 775.0847, Fla. Stat. (2012). We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(b)(1)(A). We consolidated these cases for purposes of this opinion. We affirm on all issues raised by Mr. Walsh. We write to discuss section 775.0847, the child pornography reclassification statute....
...Walsh of ten counts of possession of child pornography (ten or more images) on his home computer in case number 2D14-4735 and seven counts of possession of child pornography (ten or more images) on his business computer in case number 2D14- 4920. See §§ 827.071(5)(a), 775.0847....
...he knows to include any sexual conduct by a child. . . . A person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree .... The State reclassified Mr. Walsh's offenses pursuant to section 775.0847(2) and (3): (2) A violation of s....
...Walsh to a statutory maximum sentence of fifteen years. See § 775.082(3)(d). Groups of Ten Mr. Walsh argues that the trial court could not convict him for seventeen separate counts. He contends that section 775.0847 required the State to charge any number of images arising from a single criminal episode totaling ten or more as a single offense....
.... image . . . is a separate offense." (Emphasis added.) Consequently, this is not double jeopardy. The State could have charged each of the 170 images as a separate count. As third-degree felonies, Mr. Walsh would have faced up to 850 years in prison. Section 775.0847 does not constrain the State's charging discretion. Rather, section 775.0847 allows the State to reclassify violations of section 827.071 to second-degree felonies if the offender possesses ten or more images and the content of at least one image contains at least one of the types of images listed in the statute....
...Double jeopardy is multiple prosecutions, convictions, or punishments for the same crime. Valdes v. State, 3 So. 3d 1067, 1069 (Fla. 2009). -3- for upward reclassification if the number of images totals ten or more. Section 775.0847 does not require the State, as it did here, to limit the charges to one offense per ten images in order to reclassify....
...hose to which [they] make[] reference, [but they do] more than provide for minimum sentences applicable to those offenses; [they] also reclassif[y] the enumerated offense[]." Mills, 822 So. 2d at 1287. The statute in question here, section 775.0847(2), provides that "[a] violation of s....
...-5- statute that increases "a criminal conviction from one degree to a higher degree" based on certain factual requirements is a reclassification statute that operates independently from enhancement statutes. 177 So. 3d at 637.4 Section 775.0847 authorizes the trial court to reclassify a violation of the child pornography statute, section 827.071, when it finds that the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) have been met....
...Walsh's cases. Section 827.071(5)(a) reclassifies the offense; it does not enhance the sentence, the concern addressed in Hale. The maximum sentence for possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony with a statutory maximum of five years, is increased to fifteen years under section 775.0847(2) "reclassification" where the offender possessed ten or more images....
Copy

Jeffery Geske v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...at it was Geske who conducted them. The State, in an attempt to establish that the trial court did not improperly consider the evidence related to the additional 149 images when ruling on Geske's motion prior to sentencing, argues that sections 775.0847(2) and 827.071(5)(a), Florida Statutes (2019), permit the State to charge a defendant with one count of possession of child pornography for the defendant's possession of multiple images rather than just one image and, as a result, that each...
...The State contends that the trial court was permitted to consider the evidence of the other 149 images here because each of the 40 counts involved multiple images. Notably, in his response, Geske agrees that each of the forty counts could be reclassified pursuant to section 775.0847(2)....
...Thus he argues that the State's evidence relating to the other 149 images was uncharged collateral crime evidence which the trial court should not have considered when ruling on his motion and fashioning his sentence. Both Geske and the State appear to interpret the meaning of the reclassification provision in section 775.0847(2) differently, resulting in a dispute over how many images formed the basis for each of the forty counts....
Copy

Taylor v. State, 267 So. 3d 1088 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

a child (ten or more images), contrary to section 775.0847(2) and (3)(a), Florida Statutes (2014), a
Copy

Taylor v. State, 267 So. 3d 1088 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

a child (ten or more images), contrary to section 775.0847(2) and (3)(a), Florida Statutes (2014), a
Copy

Wingo v. State, 162 So. 3d 1141 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 5810, 2015 WL 1810363

...Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. SALARIO, Judge. John Wingo challenges the fifteen-year concurrent sentences he received following his plea of guilty to forty counts of possession of child pornography, all of which are second-degree felonies pursuant to sections 827.071(5)(a) and 775.0847(2) and (3), Florida Statutes (2012), when the possession of ten or more images is involved....
...Beginning with count one, the chart in the written judgment incorrectly indicates that every other count of the information was charged as a third-degree felony under section 827.071(5)(a), without the additional reclassification of the offense to a second-degree felony pursuant to section 775.0847(2) and (3)....
...and entered pleas exclusively to second-degree felonies. Accordingly, we remand for the correction of the written judgment to accurately reflect that each listed charge and conviction is for a second-degree felony under sections 827.071(5)(a) and 775.0847(2) and (3)....

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham W. Syfert, Esq., a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.