Crimes Against Persons
Offenses involving assault, battery, robbery, stalking, and related crimes against people under Florida law.
Offenses
Assault
Florida Statute § 784.011
An intentional unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to another person under circumstances creating a well-founded fear that the violence is imminent.
Battery
Florida Statute § 784.03
Intentional touching or striking of another person against their will, or intentionally causing bodily harm.
Felony Battery
Florida Statute § 784.041
An intentional unwanted touching or striking that causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement.
Battery by Strangulation
Florida Statute § 784.031
Knowingly and intentionally impeding another person's normal breathing or blood circulation against that person's will in a manner creating a risk of, or causing, great bodily harm.
Aggravated Assault
Florida Statute § 784.021
An assault committed with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, or with intent to commit a felony.
Aggravated Battery
Florida Statute § 784.045
A battery committed under aggravating circumstances recognized by Florida law.
Robbery
Florida Statute § 812.13
Taking property from another person through force, violence, assault, or putting the person in fear.
Home-Invasion Robbery
Florida Statute § 812.135
Entering a dwelling with intent to commit robbery and committing robbery of an occupant inside.
Robbery by Sudden Snatching
Florida Statute § 812.131
Taking money or property from a victim's person when the victim was or became aware of the taking.
Carjacking
Florida Statute § 812.133
Taking a motor vehicle from another person's person or custody through force, violence, assault, or putting in fear.
Stalking
Florida Statute § 784.048
Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly following, harassing, or cyberstalking another person.
False Imprisonment
Florida Statute § 787.02
Forcibly, secretly, or by threat confining, abducting, imprisoning, or restraining another without lawful authority and against the person's will.
Murder and Felony Murder
Florida Statute § 782.04
Unlawful killing under Florida's premeditated, felony-murder, and listed drug-distribution murder provisions.
Written or Electronic Threats
Florida Statute § 836.10
Sending, posting, transmitting, or procuring a written or electronic threat to kill, cause bodily injury, conduct a mass shooting, or commit terrorism.