| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to accessories to a crime; providing a |
| 3 | short title; amending s. 777.03, F.S.; limiting the |
| 4 | provision that exempts certain members of an offender's |
| 5 | family from being charged with the offense of acting as an |
| 6 | accessory after the fact to circumstances involving third |
| 7 | degree felony offenses; specifying additional actions that |
| 8 | constitute being an accessory after the fact, for which |
| 9 | penalties are provided; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Jason A. Gucwa |
| 14 | Act." |
| 15 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 777.03, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 777.03 Accessory after the fact.-- |
| 18 | (1)(a) Any person not standing in the relation of husband |
| 19 | or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or |
| 20 | sister, by consanguinity or affinity to the offender, who |
| 21 | maintains or assists the principal or an accessory before the |
| 22 | fact, or gives the offender any other aid, knowing that the |
| 23 | offender had committed a crime and such crime was a third degree |
| 24 | felony, or had been an accessory thereto before the fact, with |
| 25 | the intent that the offender avoids or escapes detection, |
| 26 | arrest, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact. |
| 27 | (b) Any person, regardless of the relation to the |
| 28 | offender, who maintains or assists the principal or accessory |
| 29 | before the fact, or gives the offender any other aid, knowing |
| 30 | that the offender had committed the offense of child abuse, |
| 31 | neglect of a child, aggravated child abuse, aggravated |
| 32 | manslaughter of a child under 18 years of age, or murder of a |
| 33 | child under 18 years of age, or had been an accessory thereto |
| 34 | before the fact, with the intent that the offender avoids or |
| 35 | escapes detection, arrest, trial, or punishment, is an accessory |
| 36 | after the fact unless the court finds that the person is a |
| 37 | victim of domestic violence. |
| 38 | (c) Any person who maintains or assists the principal or |
| 39 | an accessory before the fact, or gives the offender any other |
| 40 | aid, knowing that the offender had committed a crime and such |
| 41 | crime was a first or second degree felony, or had been an |
| 42 | accessory thereto before the fact, with the intent that the |
| 43 | offender avoids or escapes detection, arrest, trial, or |
| 44 | punishment, is an accessory after the fact. |
| 45 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |