HB 0125

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to accessories to a crime; providing a
3popular name; amending s. 777.03, F.S.; limiting the
4provision that exempts certain members of an offender's
5family from being charged with the offense of acting as an
6accessory after the fact to circumstances involving third
7degree felony offenses; providing an effective date.
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9Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11     Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Jason A. Gucwa
12Act."
13     Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 777.03, Florida
14Statutes, is amended to read:
15     777.03  Accessory after the fact.--
16     (1)(a)  Any person not standing in the relation of husband
17or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or
18sister, by consanguinity or affinity to the offender, who
19maintains or assists the principal or accessory before the fact,
20or gives the offender any other aid, knowing that the offender
21had committed a crime and such crime was a third degree felony,
22or had been an accessory thereto before the fact, with the
23intent that the offender avoids or escapes detection, arrest,
24trial, or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.
25     (b)  Any person, regardless of the relation to the
26offender, who maintains or assists the principal or accessory
27before the fact, or gives the offender any other aid, knowing
28that the offender had committed the offense of child abuse,
29neglect of a child, aggravated child abuse, aggravated
30manslaughter of a child under 18 years of age, or murder of a
31child under 18 years of age, or had been an accessory thereto
32before the fact, with the intent that the offender avoids or
33escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, is an accessory
34after the fact unless the court finds that the person is a
35victim of domestic violence.
36     (c)  Any person who maintains or assists the principal or
37accessory before the fact, or gives the offender any other aid,
38knowing that the offender had committed a crime and such crime
39was a first or second degree felony, or had been an accessory
40thereto before the fact, with the intent that the offender
41avoids or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, is an
42accessory after the fact.
43     Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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