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Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES
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836.05 Threats; extortion.
(1) Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(2) A person who commits a violation of subsection (1) and at the time of the violation is acting as a foreign agent, as defined in s. 812.081(1), with the intent of benefiting a foreign country of concern, as defined in s. 692.201, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 42, sub-ch. 3, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2420; GS 3261; RGS 5092; CGL 7194; s. 1, ch. 57-254; s. 991, ch. 71-136; s. 1307, ch. 97-102; s. 11, ch. 2023-33.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 836.05
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S836.05 1 - EXTORT - EXTORT OR THREATEN ANOTHER PERSON - F: S
S836.05 1 - EXTORT - MALICIOUSLY THREATEN INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON - F: S
S836.05 2 - EXTORT - FOREIGN AGENT EXTORT/THREATEN ANOTHER PERSON - F: F
S836.05 2 - EXTORT - FOREIGN AGENT THREAT INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON - F: F
S836.05 - EXTORT - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9967 - F: S

Cases Citing Statute 836.05

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United States v. Maynard Kenneth Godwin, 765 F.3d 1306 (11th Cir. 2014).

Cited 40 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2014 WL 4338527

...threat of injury to another person “with the intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened . . . to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will . . . .” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 836.05....
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State v. Cohen, 568 So. 2d 49 (Fla. 1990).

Cited 30 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1990 WL 141449

...Stat. (1985). [6] We agree that in certain circumstances the legislature can criminalize coercive attempts to elicit even truthful testimony from a witness. For example, some conduct of this type may constitute extortion that would be criminal under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1989)....
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Achin v. State, 436 So. 2d 30 (Fla. 1982).

Cited 29 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...1981), and Pagano v. State, 387 So.2d 349 (Fla. 1980). [1] We hold that one may never be convicted of a nonexistent crime and remand for a new trial, finding that defense counsel invited the error. The state charged petitioner with extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1977)....
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Honchell v. State, 257 So. 2d 889 (Fla. 1971).

Cited 24 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...This cause is before us on direct appeal from the Criminal Court of Record of Palm Beach County, Florida. Appellant was charged and convicted of conspiracy, extortion and impersonating a police officer. Our jurisdiction was established when the trial judge specifically ruled that the extortion statute in question, Fla. Stat. § 836.05, F.S.A., was constitutional....
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Miami Herald Publ'g Co. v. Ferre, 636 F. Supp. 970 (S.D. Fla. 1985).

Cited 20 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16784

...ith jail; have threatened to accuse him and have accused him of a criminal violation of the Records Act; and have threatened "injury to the person, property or reputation of Ferre." FERRE contends that these alleged threats constitute a violation of Section 836.05, Florida Statutes, which makes it a felony to maliciously threaten to accuse another of any crime or offense with the intent to extort money or any pecuniary advantage or to compel another to do, or refrain from doing, an act against his will. Section 836.05, however, does not expressly provide for a private right of action nor, plaintiffs argue, does the statute create a private right of action by implication. This Court agrees with plaintiffs that Judge Pearson's concurring opinion in Roger Rankin Enterprises, Inc. v. Green, 433 So.2d 1248 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) is persuasive authority for the proposition that in enacting § 836.05 the Florida Legislature did not intend to create a private civil cause of action....
...the Legislature intended to create a private right of action *977 under the statute it would have expressly provided for one, as it did under the criminal theft statute § 812.035, Florida Statutes. Judge Pearson's reasoning is equally applicable to § 836.05 which is similarly devoid of any suggestion that the legislature intended to create a private civil cause of action for damages. Accordingly, as there is no private right of action under § 836.05, this Court finds judgment on the pleadings should be entered as to Count III....
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Carricarte v. State, 384 So. 2d 1261 (Fla. 1980).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Kogan, Miami, for appellant. Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Steven L. Bolotin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for appellee. ADKINS, Justice. The Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County has upheld the constitutionality of sections 836.05 and 877.02, Fla....
...see that articles against the project are printed and will organize and represent the people who live in the development against the construction of the marina. The defendant was charged with felonious extortion and solicitation of legal business. §§ 836.05 and 877.02, Fla....
...The extortion statute prohibits only those utterances or communications which constitute malicious threats to do injury to another's person, reputation, or property. Furthermore, the threats must be made with the intent to extort money or the intent to compel another to act or refrain from acting against his will. § 836.05, Fla....
...State, 334 So.2d 589 (Fla. 1976). Just as the elements of malice and intent prevent overbroad application of the statute, they lend sufficient clarity to provide adequate notice of the proscribed activity to persons of ordinary intelligence and understanding. We hold that section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1977), is constitutional....
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Ballance v. State, 447 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).

Cited 17 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ation of the appellant's ability to pay all or a part of the restitution amount set by the court. Pursuant to his plea of nolo contendere, the defendant was placed on probation for *975 a period of 15 years on a charge of "extortion by threat" under Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1981)....
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United States v. Al-Arian, 308 F. Supp. 2d 1322 (M.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 14 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4227, 2004 WL 516571

...The Court stated that merely interfering or depriving someone of property was insufficient as a matter of law to constitute extortion. See id. at 405, 123 S.Ct. 1057. Turning to the case at hand, it is undisputed that Florida law, specifically Florida Statutes § 836.05, makes chargeable the crime of extortion which is punishable by imprisonment of more than one year. All parties agree that Section 836.05 is a "generic" extortion statute....
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Davis v. State, 277 So. 2d 300 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...Earl George Davis, Jr., took center stage in the Polk County Criminal Court of Record on May 4, 1970, when the county solicitor filed an information charging him with one count of robbery in violation of F.S. § 813.011, F.S.A., and another count of extortion in violation of F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A....
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Helmick v. State, 569 So. 2d 869 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 172813

...olence is imminent." § 784.011, Fla. Stat. (1987). Extortion requires an intent "to extort money or any pecuniary advantage" or "to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his will." § 836.05, Fla....
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Berger v. Berger, 466 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 803

...The husband argues that the only reason that he made these threats was to make sure that the wife would not try to hide the level of her income in the divorce proceedings in order to secure more alimony. We have a certain amount of sympathy for that position, but the fact remains he committed the crime of extortion under Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1983), which specifically deems it a second degree felony to threaten to expose another for *1151 the commission of any crime or offense for one's own pecuniary advantage....
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Shafran v. Parrish, 787 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 WL 497118

...and your demands concerning [our client's] resignation and divestment of his interest in [your joint corporation]. In response to the latter, we are forwarding a copy of your correspondence to the State Attorney by copy of this letter for investigation and prosecution for criminal extortion under Florida Statutes § 836.05, a felony of the second degree punishable by a prison term of up to fifteen (15) years and a fine of up to $10,000....
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O'HARA v. State, 448 So. 2d 524 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...property of another with intent: (a) To deprive the other person of a right to the property or a benefit therefrom. *526 (b) To appropriate the property to his own or to the use of any person not entitled thereto. Under the alternative provisions of Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1981), one commits the crime of extortion by maliciously threatening to do certain acts with the intent to extort money from the victim....
...The theft conviction is reversed, the extortion conviction is affirmed. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part. ORFINGER, C.J., concurs. COWART, J., dissents with opinion. COWART, Judge, dissenting: O'Hara was convicted of violating two criminal statutes, extortion (§ 836.05, Fla....
...ts as to common elements overlap, as when property of the value or character required for grand larceny is actually obtained (taken) from a victim by a communicated malicious threat with the wrongful intent required by both offenses. Extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes, does not require a taking, obtaining or using of property....
...grand theft within the burglarized structure. O'Hara was convicted of extortion for maliciously communicating a threat with the specific intent to accomplish the wrongful obtaining of money. The majority opinion states that by the extortion statute (§ 836.05, Fla....
...nduct prohibited by the theft statute in Chapter 812 in view of the fact *529 that each statute has elements the other statute does not. While both the offense of statutory grand theft (§ 812.014, Fla. Stat.) and the offense of statutory extortion (§ 836.05, Fla....
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Horner v. State, 149 So. 2d 863 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).

Cited 8 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...Horner, seeks review of a judgment of conviction entered in the Criminal Court of Record for Dade County, Florida, pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of extortion. A sentence of ten years' confinement in the state penitentiary followed. We affirm. Section 836.05, Fla....
...t: ____, with intent to compel the said ____, against his will, to refrain from testifying against him * * * which testimony was to be given in a criminal proceeding in which the said CHARLES E. HORNER is a defendant, in violation of Florida Statute 836.05....
...HORNER, * * did * * * verbally and maliciously threaten to expose another, to-wit: ____, to disgrace, with intent thereby to compel the said ____, against his will, to refrain from testifying against him * * * in a criminal proceeding in which the said CHARLES E. HORNER is a defendant, in violation of Florida Statute 836.05....
...astity to another, to-wit: ____, with intent thereby to compel the said ____, against his will, to refrain from testifying against him * * * in a criminal proceeding in which the said CHARLES E. HORNER is a defendant, in violation of Florida Statute 836.05, contrary to the form of the Statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Florida." The appellant's motion to quash the information was denied and the cause went to trial before a jury....
...ontains one count in which the offense is adequately set forth. Having thoroughly scrutinized the statute and the information, we hold that the information, viewed as a whole, [1] and each of its counts, legally and properly charged an offense under § 836.05, supra....
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State v. McInnes, 153 So. 2d 854 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963).

Cited 7 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...victim. It was there contended that the threatened offense was not one against the laws of Florida, but against the laws of Canada. In holding the information to be sufficient to withstand the attack made upon it, the Supreme Court said: "Under F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A., threats to accuse a person of an offense, or to do him any injury to his person or property may not be a crime unless the same is done `with the intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act against his will'....
...The information specifically alleged that the threat to cause deportation was made maliciously with the intent to extort money. "The threat to cause deportation as alleged in the information for the purpose of extorting money was sufficient to constitute a crime under F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A., because it was a threat made with intent `to compel the person so threatened * * * to do an(y) act against his will.' * * *" *858 Appellee argues that the statute applied only to threats involving individuals, and should not be so...
...The cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein. CARROLL, DONALD K., C.J., and RAWLS, J., concur. NOTES [1] For authority to cross-appeal see State of Florida v. McInnes, (Fla.App. 1961) 133 So.2d 581. [2] F.S. Section 836.05, F.S.A....
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Bass v. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 516 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1987 WL 2005

...This is an appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of an amended complaint which, insofar as is now relevant, claimed the right to compensatory and punitive damages on the theory that a letter written by the appellee Castillo to the appellant Bass violated section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1983), which creates the crime of extortion....
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Ponzoli & Wassenberg, PA v. Zuckerman, 545 So. 2d 309 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 979, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 2055, 1989 WL 36180

...audulent and unethical means of obtaining payments of funds not rightfully theirs while assuring said clients that Appellees had no claim to the funds. [5] The statements in the motion to dismiss the appeal do not constitute a "threat" proscribed by section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1987). See State v. McInnes, 153 So.2d 854, 856 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). For purposes of this appeal we have accepted appellee's contention that he reasonably believed there was a private right of action for section 836.05 at the time he filed his complaint....
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Alonso v. State, 447 So. 2d 1029 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...He contends that the trial court gave an incorrect instruction on "malice" and that the intention to extort money was not proved. The latter point is totally lacking in merit. The former issue, while more persuasive, is also lacking in merit. Appellant was charged under Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1981), which requires a showing of a threat made maliciously and accompanied by a demand for money or other pecuniary advantage....
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Paris v. Paris, 412 So. 2d 952 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 6 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...110, 17 So. 359 (1895); Kohen v. H.S. Crocker Co., 260 F.2d 790 (5th Cir.1958); 25 Am.Jur.2d, Duress & Undue Influence, § 5. These principles, however, do not serve to encompass the husband's statements, for his threats could constitute extortion. See § 836.05, Fla....
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Gordon v. Gordon, 625 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 365103

...He argued, however, that he threatened her with disclosure only so that she could not claim alimony on the basis of the unreported income from her business. We held: "We have a certain amount of sympathy for [his] position, but the fact remains he committed the crime of extortion under Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1983), which specifically deems it a second degree felony to threaten to expose another for *63 the commission of any crime or offense for one's own pecuniary advantage....
...destroys free agency of party who is thereby caused to do act or make contract not of own volition). [9] This is no accident, as his petition expressly cites Berger and alleges that the extortion here is exactly the same as the extortion there. [10] Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1991) provides: 836.05 Threats; extortion....
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State v. McInnes, 133 So. 2d 581 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961).

Cited 5 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...For the foregoing reasons the State's motion to dismiss the cross-appeal taken by appellee herein is denied. We now turn to the State's motion to remand this cause to the trial court for the entry of an order specifying whether the constitutionality of § 836.05, of the statutes was directly passed upon in considering and overruling appellee's motion to quash the information....
...cause remanded to the trial court for the entry of an amended order on appellee's motion to quash the amended information, with directions that such order as may be entered specify whether the court directly passes upon the constitutionality of F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A, in the rendition of its decision....
...the further proceedings of the cause. We have carefully considered appellee's motion to dismiss this appeal but find it to be without substantial merit. Remanded with directions. CARROLL, DONALD K., Chief Judge, and RAWLS, J., concur. NOTES [1] F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A....
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Stevens v. State, 397 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...to contact the authorities. [2] The fact or the apprehension of immediate and impending harm was not shown. Appellant having failed to demonstrate error, the judgment of conviction is AFFIRMED. COBB and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 836.05, Fla....
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State v. O'HARA, 478 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 1985).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 522

...The Baker test is satisfied, and both convictions and sentences must stand. § 775.021(4), Fla. Stat. (1981). Accordingly, we quash the decision of the district court. It is so ordered. BOYD, C.J., and OVERTON, McDONALD and SHAW, JJ., concur. ADKINS, J., dissents. NOTES [1] § 836.05, Fla....
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Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9674

...`racketeering activity' under 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1)." § 895.02(1)(a)-(b), Fla. Stat. *1170 The crimes enumerated in subsection (a) of section 895.02(1) include, but are not limited to, fraud under Chapter 817 of the Florida Statutes, extortion under Section 836.05 of the Florida Statutes, bribery and misuse of a public office under Chapter 838 of the Florida Statutes, and obstruction of justice under Chapter 843 of the Florida Statutes....
...ainst Plaintiffs in the Dominican Republic pending lawsuit." (Second Amended Complaint ¶ 36.) The definition of extortion under Florida law includes the malicious threatening [11] of another with the intent to extort money or a pecuniary advantage. § 836.05, Fla....
...[11] Extortion makes it unlawful to threaten to accuse another of any crime or offense, or threaten any injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or threaten to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another. § 836.05, Fla....
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Calamia v. State, 125 So. 3d 1007 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 3238304, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 10304

the term “maliciously” in the extortion statute. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009). Calamia also contends that
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Achin v. State, 387 So. 2d 375 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...The defendant invited a lesser included offense instruction of attempted extortion. Upon conviction thereof he now claims that he must go free because such a crime does not exist. We affirm. We begin by agreeing that the crime of attempted extortion does not exist. Section 836.05 of the Florida Statutes (1977) reads: 836.05 Threats; extortion....
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Matthews v. State, 363 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 1978).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee. SUNDBERG, Justice. This cause comes to us by appeal from the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in Matthews v. State, reported at 336 So.2d 643, because the district court initially and directly passed on the validity of Section 836.05 Florida Statutes (1973), thereby vesting jurisdiction in this Court under Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution....
...If a ruling on the validity of the statute was not made in the trial court, it is difficult to understand how it was preserved for review in the District Court of Appeal. Nonetheless, the assignments of error filed by the appellant in the court below clearly raise the constitutional issue: Florida Statute § 836.05, the section under which the Defendant has been convicted, is unconstitutional as applied to your Defendant based upon the facts in this cause and is in contravention as applied *1068 in this cause to Defendant's rights under the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The conviction is an unconstitutional application of the extortion statute, i.e., § 836.05....
...At one of these demonstrations, appellant led the crowd in the following chant: Two, four, six, eight, who shall we assassinate? Doug Raines, Doug Raines, Sheriff Untreiner, Askew, and the whole bunch of you pigs. [1] Appellant was arrested and charged with extortion, a violation of Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1973), [2] in that he verbally and maliciously threatened injury to Sheriff Untreiner in order to compel the dismissal of Deputy Raines....
...NOTES [1] As pointed out in the opinion of the district court there was conflicting evidence as to whether the precise word "assassinate" was used by the demonstrators, but the jury's verdict binds a reviewing court to the "assassination" version of the chant urged by the State. [2] § 836.05, Fla....
...l the persons so threatened to do an act against their will, to-wit: to compel the suspension or resignation of Deputy Sheriff Doug Raines against the will of Sheriff Royal E. Untreiner and against the will of Deputy Sheriff Doug Raines, contrary to section 836.05, Florida Statutes....
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Duan v. State, 970 So. 2d 903 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 4480757

...Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Donna A. Gerace and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant Waynard Duan argues that his jury conviction for extortion, pursuant to section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2006), should be reversed because the statute does not apply to conduct which injures only the victim's mental well being....
...et or damage her reputation; rather, the evidence only showed the victim suffered a mental injury, or an injury to her emotional well-being. Appellant argued the victim's mental injury was insufficient to meet the elements of extortion, set forth in section 836.05, Florida Statutes....
...The jury returned a verdict finding appellant guilty of extortion as charged in the *906 information. He was sentenced to one year in prison. Appellant presently appeals his judgment and sentence. II. ANALYSIS In this appeal, appellant asserts the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal, because section 836.05, Florida Statutes, does not include threats of injury to the victim's mental or emotional well being for the purpose of extorting money or other pecuniary gain. Section 836.05, Florida Statutes, provides: Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, pr...
...eby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree. § 836.05, Fla....
...Moreover, the jury was instructed that "injury to the person" includes physical and mental injury, and it is impossible to tell from the verdict form on which theory the jury relied in convicting appellant. Second, the State asserts the trial court properly construed section 836.05 to include injury to the victim's mental or emotional well being. This second argument has merit. Appellant contends this court is obligated, pursuant to section 775.021, Florida Statutes, to strictly construe section 836.05 in his favor....
...Section 775.021(1) requires that the provisions of the criminal code "be strictly construed; when the language is susceptible of differing constructions, it shall be construed most favorably to the accused." § 775.021(1), Fla. Stat. (2006). *907 Thus, appellant contends, the trial court should have ruled that section 836.05 only contemplates a physical injury, and does not include injuries to the victim's mental or emotional well being....
...e obvious intention of the legislature. In other words, such strict construction is subordinate to the rule that the intention of the lawmakers must be given effect." State ex rel. Washington v. Rivkind, 350 So.2d 575, 577 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). Within section 836.05, there is evidence the Legislature intended the crime of extortion to encompass threats to mental or emotional well being....
...As further evidence of the Legislature's intent, the phrase "injury to the person" is not further modified as a "bodily injury" or "physical injury" to the person, and thus includes both physical and mental injuries. It appears this is a case of first impression in Florida. Accordingly, no Florida court has ruled that section 836.05 excludes threats which cause the victim only a mental or emotional injury....
...such magnitude as to cause her severe mental anguish which would constitute injury to the person. . . . Simply stated, an injury to a person's reputation is an injury to the person."). Conclusion Therefore, we hold that Florida's extortion statute, section 836.05, does encompass injuries, such as the one in this case, where appellant threatened the victim and caused her emotional distress. As in Galusha, appellant used Mrs. Bailey's fear of her husband and his continued abuse to compel her to pay appellant $2,500. No Florida case suggests that this conduct is not included under section 836.05....
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Lennar Corp. v. Briarwood Capital LLC, 430 B.R. 253 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010).

Cited 3 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. | 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 487, 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 1446, 53 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 66

...riminal activity, or predicate acts. Fla. Stat. § 772.101, et seq. Count I alleges a "pattern of criminal activity consist[ing] of numerous incidents occurring over a period of more than two years, including: (a) extortion, as defined in Fla. Stat. § 836.05, in violation of Fla....
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Debbie O'flaherty-lewis v. State of Florida, 230 So. 3d 15 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

refrain from doing any act against his or her will.” § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2015). “Maliciously” means intentionally
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Parissay v. State, 687 So. 2d 30 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 1827

...Condition five of Parissay's probation order required that he "live and remain at liberty without violating any law...." The record supports the trial court's finding that Parissay's threats to his former wife and her present husband constituted a violation of the criminal extortion statute. See § 836.05, Fla....
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Avrich v. State, 936 So. 2d 739 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 14034, 2006 WL 2422824

communicating on the internet, in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2004). Counts 2-9 charged
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J.A.W. v. State, 210 So. 3d 142 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14467

(interpreting Florida’s extortion statute, section 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009), “to mean that the intent
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Dudley v. State, 634 So. 2d 1093 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 1661, 1994 WL 63494

(1991), count one; and extortion in violation of section 836.05, count two. Thereafter, the state filed notice
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Dilla v. State, 503 So. 2d 1316 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 703

...Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee. PER CURIAM. On June 27, 1985, Michael Dilla was charged with kidnapping in violation of section 787.01, Florida Statutes (1985), and extortion in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1985)....
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Taylor v. State, 593 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 25834

...Beisner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. *1148 SHIVERS, Judge. Taylor, a juvenile at the time of the offenses, appeals from a judgment and sentence adjudicating and sentencing him as an adult on two counts of second-degree felony extortion pursuant to Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1989)....
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United States v. Maynard Kenneth Godwin (11th Cir. 2014).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...threat of injury to another person “with the intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened . . . to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will.” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 836.05....
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J.A.W. v. State (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

(interpreting Florida's extortion statute, section 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2009), "to mean that the
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Stone v. Hamic, 189 So. 2d 908 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1966).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1966 Fla. App. LEXIS 4833

Hamic charging that Stone, in violation of section 836.05, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., threatened an injury
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Weekfall v. State, 686 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 11632, 1996 WL 637699

Week-fall with extortion, a second-degree felony. § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (1993). The information alleges that
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Castaline v. State, 645 So. 2d 561 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 11022, 1994 WL 637730

not, as urged, amount to a fundamental error. § 836.05, Fla.Stat. (1991); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.390(d). See
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Petersen v. Mayo, 65 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 1953).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1276

of the petitioner under the provisions of F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A. The petitioner questions the sufficiency
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Garcia v. Holdsworth (In re Holdsworth), 495 B.R. 544 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2013).

Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 131, 2013 WL 2237530, 2013 Bankr. LEXIS 2130

Holdsworths, the Garcias extorted them under section 836.05, Florida Statutes. As proof of that extortion
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Hector Sanchez-Torres v. State of Florida (Fla. 2021).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

threaten” someone for certain enumerated benefits, § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2019), and Florida courts have
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Hector Sanchez-Torres v. State of Florida & Hector Sanchez-Torres v. Mark S. Inch, etc. (Fla. 2020).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

threaten” someone for certain enumerated benefits, § 836.05, Fla. Stat. (2019), and Florida courts have
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State ex rel. Burns v. Amidon, 249 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 1971).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3587

containing two counts of extortion under Fla.Stat. § 836.05, F.S.A., and one count of inciting to commit perjury
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Kevin F. Tomlinson v. The State of Florida (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

of extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2020). Section 836.05 provides:
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Sponheim v. State, 416 So. 2d 54 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20469

within the crime of extortion as defined by section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1981). We, therefore, reverse
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Matthews v. State, 336 So. 2d 643 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15360

threats of bodily injury, *644in violation of § 836.05, F.S.,1 while leading nighttime demonstrations
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In Re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—report No. 2013-07, 143 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 2014).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2014 WL 3361905

...2d 1052 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). This instruction was adopted in July 1998 and amended in 2012 [95 So. 3d 868] and 2014. 9 8.23 EXTORTION §836.05, Fla....
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United States v. Kaplan, 133 F.3d 826 (11th Cir. 1998).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 886

...n commerce required to support a prosecution for extortion under the Hobbs Act. Our decision, however, hardly vindicates Kaplan, and we note that the State of Florida remains free to prosecute Kaplan on the facts of this case. See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 836.05 (defining the crime of extortion under Florida State law). Nevertheless, the evidence in this case does not support a federal prosecution under the Hobbs Act. 12 Perhaps most notably, the U.S....
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United States v. Kaplan, 133 F.3d 826 (11th Cir. 1998).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...on commerce required to support a prosecution for extortion under the Hobbs Act. Our decision, however, hardly vindicates Kaplan, and we note that the State of Florida remains free to prosecute Kaplan on the facts of this case. See Fla. Stat. Ann. § 836.05 (defining the crime of extortion under Florida State law). Nevertheless, the evidence in this case does not support a federal prosecution under the Hobbs Act....
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Anthony Doyle v. State, 240 So. 3d 95 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

convictions and sentences for extortion under section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2015), and written threats
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Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 613 So. 2d 1307 (Fla. 1993).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 113, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 172, 1993 WL 32299

Board Employee Chapter 784 — Assault, Battery Section 836.05 — Threats, Extortion Section 836.10 — Written
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Chestnut v. State, 516 So. 2d 1144 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 45, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11724, 1987 WL 3165

constitute a violation of the extortion statute, section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1985). Threats; extortion
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State v. McInnes, 147 So. 2d 519 (Fla. 1962).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

directly passes upon the constitutionality of F.S. § 836.05, F.S.A., in the rendition of [his] decision,”
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Kevin F. Tomlinson v. State of Florida (Fla. 2023).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

conviction under Florida’s extortion law, section 836.05, Florida Statutes (2015)? In the decision before
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1993).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

may be of use in addressing these situations: Section 836.05 — Threats; extortion. It is a second degree
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Harrison v. State, 641 So. 2d 486 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 8238, 1994 WL 444885

an unlawful threat, except as may fall under. § 836.05, F.S.4 In our view, forcing or attempting to force
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Dixon v. State, 506 So. 2d 55 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1110, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7880

characterizes as the lesser included offense of extortion, § 836.05, Fla.Stat. (1985), and that we should therefore
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Kirvin v. Clark, 396 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19262

such conduct, was guilty of a violation of Section 836.05, Florida Statutes (1979), a felony of the second

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