Criminal Jury Instructions Chapter 8

Assault, Battery, Stalking, Culpable Negligence, And Violation of Injunctions

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• 8.1 Assault § 784.011, Fla. Stat.
• 8.2 Aggravated Assault § 784.021, Fla. Stat.
• 8.3 Battery § 784.03, Fla. Stat.
• 8.4 Aggravated Battery § 784.045(1)(a), Fla. Stat.
• 8.4(a) Aggravated Battery (Pregnant Victim) § 784.045(1)(b), Fla. Stat.
• 8.5 Felony Battery § 784.041(1), Fla. Stat.
• 8.5(a) Domestic Battery by Strangulation § 784.041(2)(a), Fla. Stat.
• 8.5(b) Battery by Strangulation
• 8.6 Stalking § 784.048(2), Fla. Stat.
• 8.7(a) Aggravated Stalking § 784.048(3), Fla. Stat.
• 8.7(b) Aggravated Stalking (Injunction Entered) § 784.048(4), Fla. Stat.
• 8.7(c) Aggravated Stalking (Victim under 16 years of age) § 784.048(5), Fla. Stat.
• 8.7(d) Aggravated Stalking (Defendant previously sentenced for sex offense and was prohibited from contacting victim) § 784.048(7), Fla. Stat.
• 8.8 [Assault] [Aggravated Assault] [Battery] [Aggravated Battery] on a Code Inspector§ 784.083, Fla. Stat.
• 8.9 Culpable Negligence § 784.05, Fla. Stat.
• 8.10 Assault on a[n] [Law Enforcement Officer] [Insert Victim’s Job] § 784.07(2)(a), Fla. Stat.
• 8.11 Battery on a[n] [Law Enforcement Officer] [Insert Victim’s Job] § 784.07(2)(b), Fla. Stat.
• 8.12 Aggravated Assault on a[n] [Law Enforcement Officer] [Insert Victim’s Job] § 784.07(2)(c), Fla. Stat.
• 8.13 Aggravated Battery on a[n] [Law Enforcement Officer] [Insert Victim’s Job] § 784.07(2)(d), Fla. Stat.
• 8.14 Aggravated Battery on Person 65 Years of Age or Older § 784.08(2)(a), Fla. Stat.
• 8.15 Aggravated Assault on Person 65 Years of Age or Older § 784.08(2)(b), Fla. Stat.
• 8.16 Battery on Person 65 Years of Age or Older § 784.08(2)(c), Fla. Stat.
• 8.17 Assault on Person 65 Years of Age or Older § 784.08(2)(d), Fla. Stat.
• 8.18 Violation of An Injunction For Protection Against Domestic Violence § 741.31(4)(a), Fla. Stat.
• 8.19 Violation of An Injunction For Protection Against [Repeat] [Sexual] [Dating] Violence § 784.047, Fla. Stat.
• 8.20 Battery on Facility Employee § 784.078, Fla. Stat.
• 8.21 [Assault] [Aggravated Assault] [Battery] [Aggravated Battery] by a Detainee Upon [Another Detainee] [A Visitor] § 784.082, Fla. Stat.
• 8.22 Written [or Electronic] Threat to [Kill] [Do Bodily Injury] [Conduct a Mass Shooting] [Conduct an Act of Terrorism] § 836.10, Fla. Stat.
• 8.22(a) Threat to [Kill] [Do Serious Bodily Harm to] a [Public Official] [Family Member of a Public Official] § 836.12(2), Fla. Stat.
• 8.22(b) Harassing a Public Official With Intent to Affect a Lawful Duty
• 8.23 Extortion § 836.05, Fla. Stat.
• 8.24 Violation of an Injunction For Protection Against [Stalking] [Cyberstalking] § 784.0487(4), Fla. Stat.
• 8.25 Violation of Condition of Pretrial Release from a Domestic Violence Charge § 741.29(6), Fla. Stat.
• 8.26 Sexual Cyberharassment § 784.049(3), Fla. Stat.
• 8.27 Violation of an Injunction for Protection Against Exploitation of a [Vulnerable Adult] [Person 65 Years of Age or Older] § 825.1036(4), Fla. Stat.
• 8.28 Violation of a Risk Protection Order § 790.401(11)(b)
• 8.29 Cyberintimidation by Publication § 836.115, Fla. Stat.
• 8.30 [Harassing] [or] [Obscene] Telephone Calls[s] [or] [Knowingly Permitting [Harassing] [or] [Obscene] Telephone Call[s] § 365.16(1) and (2), Fla. Stat.
• 8.31 Malicious [Battery] [or] [Infliction of Cruel Or Inhuman Treatment] Causing [Great Bodily Harm] [Permanent Disability] [Permanent Disfigurement] by a State Corrections Department Employee Upon an [Inmate] [Offender] § 944.35(3)(a)2., Fla. Stat.
• 8.32 Harassment or Intimidation Based on Religious or Ethnic Heritage [with a Credible Threat] § 784.0493, Fla. Stat.
• 8.33 Battery by [Throwing] [Tossing] [Projecting] [Expelling] [Blood] [Seminal Fluid] [Urine] [or] [Feces] on a Child § 784.085, Fla. Stat. § 784.085, Fla. Stat.