Senate Bill sb2314

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2314

    By Senator Miller





    18-1502-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to an accessory after the fact;

  3         amending s. 777.03, F.S.; providing that if a

  4         person maintains or assists the principal or

  5         accessory before the fact, or gives the

  6         offender any other aid, knowing that the

  7         offender had committed the offense of leaving

  8         the scene of an automobile accident, or had

  9         been accessory before the fact, with the intent

10         that the offender avoids or escapes detection,

11         arrest, trial, or punishment, that person is an

12         accessory after the fact unless the court finds

13         that the person is a victim of domestic

14         violence; providing an effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

19  777.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         777.03  Accessory after the fact.--

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22         (b)  Any person, regardless of the relation to the

23  offender, who maintains or assists the principal or accessory

24  before the fact, or gives the offender any other aid, knowing

25  that the offender had committed the offense of child abuse,

26  neglect of a child, aggravated child abuse, aggravated

27  manslaughter of a child under 18 years of age, or murder of a

28  child under 18 years of age, or leaving the scene of an

29  accident in violation of s. 316.027, or had been accessory

30  thereto before the fact, with the intent that the offender

31  avoids or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, is

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2314
    18-1502-06




 1  an accessory after the fact unless the court finds that the

 2  person is a victim of domestic violence.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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 7    Provides that if a person maintains or assists the
      principal or accessory before the fact, or gives the
 8    offender any other aid, knowing that the offender had
      committed the offense of leaving the scene of an
 9    automobile accident, or had been accessory before the
      fact, with the intent that the offender avoids or escapes
10    detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, that person is
      an accessory after the fact unless the court finds that
11    the person is a victim of domestic violence.

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