Florida State law

Aggravated battery (§ 784.045: battery causing great bodily harm / permanent disability / disfigurement, battery with a deadly weapon, or battery on a person the offender knew was pregnant) is a separate, second-degree felony (up to 15 years, fine up to $10,000).

Florida treats assault (§ 784.011: intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence, with apparent ability and an act creating well-founded fear of imminent violence) and battery (§ 784.03: actual intentional touching/striking against the will of another, or intentionally causing bodily harm) as separate offences. Battery is a first-degree misdemeanour (up to 1 year, fine up to $1,000); a second or subsequent battery with a prior battery / aggravated battery / felony battery / resisting-an-officer-with-violence conviction is a third-degree felony (§ 784.03(2)).

'Family or household member' means spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage, persons presently or previously residing together as if a family, and persons who are parents of a child in common (§ 741.28(3)). Domestic battery by strangulation (§ 784.041(2)) also covers a person in a dating relationship. Stalking / aggravated stalking (§ 784.048) and sexual battery (§ 794.011) have their own tiers and are covered under the assault / sexual-assault entries where applicable.

Manslaughter is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, without lawful justification, where the killing is not excusable homicide or murder. DUI manslaughter (§ 316.193(3)) is a separate second-degree felony (first-degree felony if the driver fled / failed to render aid, or has a prior DUI-manslaughter conviction) with a 4-year mandatory minimum term.

Florida is a death-penalty state. First-degree murder is a capital felony. Death may be imposed only after the § 921.141 separate sentencing proceeding: the jury must unanimously find at least one aggravating factor in § 921.141(6) beyond a reasonable doubt, and at least eight jurors must recommend death; otherwise the sentence is life imprisonment without parole. Aggravators include prior violent felony, knowing creation of great risk of death to many persons, murder during robbery / sexual battery / burglary / kidnapping / arson / aircraft piracy / destructive device, murder for pecuniary gain, murder to avoid arrest / effect escape, heinous/atrocious/cruel murder, cold-calculated-premeditated homicide, and victim-status factors (law enforcement officer, public official, child under 12, vulnerable victim, gang member, sexual predator, injunction-protected petitioner, school/religious/government gathering, head of state). Offenders under 18 at the time of the offence are sentenced under § 775.082(1)(b) (life, or at least 40 years).

Sexual battery means oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another, or anal / female genital penetration by any other object (excluding bona fide medical acts). Capital sexual battery on a child under 12 is sentenced under § 921.1425 (death or life). § 794.0115 adds mandatory minimums for repeat sexual battery in some cases.

Burglary means entering (or remaining in) a dwelling, structure, or conveyance with intent to commit an offence therein. Burglary during a riot / aggravated riot or a declared state of emergency is reclassified one degree higher (§ 810.02(3)-(4)).

Robbery by sudden snatching (§ 812.131), carjacking (§ 812.133), and home-invasion robbery (§ 812.135) are separate offences with their own penalties and are not covered by these tiers.

§ 812.014(2) grades theft by value and by special property (firearm, motor vehicle, will, commercially farmed animal, etc.). Petit-theft priors escalate: petit theft with one prior theft conviction is a first-degree misdemeanour; with two or more priors, a third-degree felony (§ 812.014(3)(b)-(c)). Theft during a riot / aggravated riot or a declared state of emergency is reclassified upward (§ 812.014(2)(b)-(c)). Coordinating thefts worth over $3,000 is a second-degree felony (§ 812.014(6)). Theft of a commercially farmed animal carries a mandatory $10,000 fine (§ 812.014(2)(c)7.).

Damage values of property owned by separate persons and damaged in one scheme or course of conduct may be aggregated (§ 806.13(8)(a)). Graffiti violations carry additional mandatory minimum fines ($250 first / $500 second / $1,000 third or subsequent conviction) plus at least 40 hours of community service (§ 806.13(9)).

Under § 817.034(4)(c), an offence against a person 65 or older, a minor, or a person with a mental or physical disability is reclassified one degree higher (first-degree felony becomes a life felony). § 817.568(12) adds a mandatory $1,001 surcharge on top of any sanction.

Possession is a felony of the third degree by default under § 893.13(6)(a). Sale, manufacture, delivery, and possession with intent to sell/manufacture/deliver are separate offences under § 893.13(1) (second-degree felony for the substances in (1)(a)1., third-degree for (1)(a)2., first-degree misdemeanour for Schedule V). Amounts at or above the § 893.135 thresholds are charged as trafficking, not simple possession.

§ 893.135 trafficking thresholds are stated as the law states them (weight of substance or mixture). Every trafficking tier below is a felony of the first degree punishable under §§ 775.082/775.083/775.084, with the stated mandatory minimum term and mandatory fine. Sale / possession with intent under § 893.13(1) is separate: second-degree felony for the substances in (1)(a)1. (up to 15 years, fine up to $10,000), third-degree felony for (1)(a)2. (up to 5 years, fine up to $5,000), first-degree misdemeanour for Schedule V. § 893.135 also creates capital-felony trafficking / importation tiers (e.g. 150 kg+ cocaine, 30 kg+ illegal drugs, 60 kg+ importation with knowledge death would probably result) punishable under §§ 775.082 and 921.142.

§ 790.25 (lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons) states lawful-ownership / use exceptions rather than an offence, so this entry uses the operative offence sections: § 790.01 (carrying concealed weapons / firearms by a person who is unlicensed and ineligible for a licence — Florida authorises concealed carry for persons licensed under § 790.06 or otherwise satisfying the § 790.06 criteria) and § 790.23 (felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices). § 790.23 does not apply to a person whose civil rights and firearm authority have been restored, or whose record was expunged under § 943.0515(1)(b).

DUI means driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while impaired by alcohol / chemical / controlled substances, or with BAC 0.08+ (blood) / 0.08+ (breath). A third violation within 10 years of a prior conviction, and any fourth or subsequent violation, is a third-degree felony. Conviction also carries monthly reporting probation, substance-abuse course / evaluation / treatment, community service, and vehicle impoundment / immobilization (§ 316.193(6)).

§ 815.06 covers offences against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices: unauthorised access (or exceeding authorisation), disruption / denial of data transmission, destruction or damage to equipment / systems / devices, introducing a computer contaminant, and audio/video surveillance via a device's inherent features. It does not apply to persons acting under a search warrant, within lawful employment, or performing authorised security operations (§ 815.06(7)).