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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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784.075 Battery on detention or commitment facility staff or a juvenile probation officer.A person who commits a battery on a juvenile probation officer, as defined in s. 985.03, on other staff of a detention center or facility as defined in s. 984.03 or s. 985.03, or on a staff member of a commitment facility as defined in s. 985.03, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice.
History.s. 13, ch. 93-230; s. 71, ch. 94-209; s. 21, ch. 95-152; s. 3, ch. 96-398; s. 49, ch. 98-280; s. 160, ch. 98-403; s. 97, ch. 99-3; s. 24, ch. 99-284; s. 1, ch. 2000-134; s. 9, ch. 2000-135; s. 23, ch. 2001-64; s. 15, ch. 2005-263; s. 45, ch. 2025-153.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.075
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Cases Citing Statute 784.075

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DCW v. State, 775 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 1643854

...D.C.W., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency as well as his commitment for an indeterminate period of time. We reverse and remand for further proceedings. In Polk County, D.C.W. entered a plea of no contest to the charge of battery on a detention facility staff member in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (Supp....
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Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 2012 WL 4009511, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1799

...The First District found that "[njothing in section 784.082 indicate[d] that the statute applie[d] to juveniles held in juvenile facilities.” Id. . Unlike in section 784.082, the Legislature opted to include the specific references to sections 984.03 and 985.03 in section 784.075: A person who commits a battery on a juvenile probation officer, as defined in s....
...For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.075, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added). Notably, section 784.075 went into effect on May 15, 1993, and therefore, prior to the Legislature’s enactment of section 784.082....
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GS v. State, 761 So. 2d 1229 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 873206

...Before GERSTEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM. Respondent, G.S. ("respondent"), appeals his enhanced conviction and sentence of third-degree felony battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member in violation of Section 784.075, Florida Statutes (1998). We reverse, finding the charge of simple battery should not have been enhanced to a third-degree felony because the victims were not employees of a facility listed in Section 784.075....
...The respondent admitted that he committed a battery on two FKCS staff members while residing in the FKCS facility. Based on this admission, the trial court enhanced the respondent's conviction from a misdemeanor simple battery to a third-degree felony pursuant to Section 784.075. Section 784.075 states: Battery on detention or commitment facility staff....
...For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.075, Fla. Stat. (1998). The respondent appeals his conviction and sentence asserting that FKCS is not a facility listed in Section 784.075 and, therefore, the trial court erred in enhancing the misdemeanor simple battery to a third-degree felony. The state contends that the enhancement was proper because FKCS operates under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice and, therefore, FKCS falls within the purview of Section 784.075....
...The statute's title makes it clear that the statute only pertains to batteries committed on detention or commitment facility staff. A shelter, even if operating under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice, is not one of the listed facilities stated in Section 784.075....
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D.C.W. v. State, 775 So. 2d 363 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 14100

...D.C.W., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency as well as his commitment for an indeterminate period of time. We reverse and remand for further proceedings. In Polk County, D.C.W. entered a plea of no contest to the charge of battery on a detention facility staff member in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (Supp....
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G.S. v. State, 761 So. 2d 1229 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8257

PER CURIAM. Respondent, G.S. (“respondent”), appeals his enhanced conviction and sentence of third-degree felony battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member in violation of Section 784.075, Florida Statutes (1998). We reverse, finding the charge of simple battery should not have been enhanced to a third-degree felony because the victims were not employees of a facility listed in Section 784.075....
...The respondent admitted that he committed a battery on two FKCS staff members while residing in the FKCS facility. Based on this admission, the trial court enhanced the respondent’s conviction from a misdemeanor simple battery to a third-degree felony pursuant to Section 784.075. Section 784.075 states: Battery on detention or commitment facility staff....
...For purposes of this section, a staff member of the facilities listed includes persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, persons employed at facilities licensed by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and persons employed at facilities operated under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice. § 784.075, Fla. Stat. (1998). The respondent appeals his conviction and sentence asserting that FKCS is not a facility listed in Section 784.075 and, therefore, the trial court erred in enhancing the misdemeanor simple battery to a third-degree felony. The state contends that the enhancement was proper because FKCS operates under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice and, therefore, FKCS falls within the purview of Section 784.075....
...The statute’s title makes it clear that the statute only pertains to batteries committed on detention or commitment facility staff. A shelter, even if operating under a contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice, is not one of the listed facilities stated in Section 784.075....
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Presley v. State, 755 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 1691, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 493

commitment facility staff member pursuant to section 784.075, Florida Statutes (1999), because the state
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J.D. v. State, 920 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 1870, 2006 WL 348701

PER CURIAM. The trial court found J.D. guilty of battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member, in violation of section 784.075, Florida Statutes (2003), and adjudicated the child delinquent....
...trying to help restrain J.D. Bush stated that his paychecks came from Psychotherapeutic Services and that “to [his] knowledge,” Psychotherapeutic Services was “a private agency that contracted with the state.” J.D. was charged with violating section 784.075, which provides: A person who commits a battery on a juvenile probation officer, as defined in s....

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