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Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 11.10(g)

LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS EXHIBITION BY A DETAINEE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN EMPLOYEE OF A FACILITY

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§ 800.09, Fla. Stat.*

To prove the crime of Lewd or Lascivious Exhibition by a Detainee in the Presence of an Employee of a Facility, the State must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. (Defendant) was detained in a [state correctional institution] [contractor-operated correctional facility] [county detention facility].

2. While detained, (defendant) intentionally

Give as applicable.

a. masturbated.

b. exposed [his] [her] genitals in a lewd or lascivious manner.

c. committed [a sexual act] [sadomasochistic abuse] [sexual bestiality] [the simulation of any act involving sexual activity] that did not involve actual physical or sexual contact with a victim.

3. (Defendant’s) act was intentionally committed in the presence of a person [he] [she] knew or reasonably should have known was an employee of the [institution] [facility].

Definitions. Give as applicable.

§ 944.02, Fla. Stat.

A “state correctional institution” is any prison, road camp, prison industry, prison forestry camp, or any prison camp or prison farm or other correctional facility, temporary or permanent, in which prisoners are housed, worked, or maintained, under the custody and jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

§ 944.710, Fla. Stat.

A “contractor-operated correctional facility” is any facility, which is not operated by the Department of Corrections, for the incarceration of adults or juveniles who have been sentenced by a court and committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections.

§ 951.23, Fla. Stat.

A “county detention facility” is a county jail, a county stockade, a county work camp, a county residential probation center, and any other place except a municipal detention facility used by a county or county officer for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of either a felony or a misdemeanor.

§ 800.09, Fla. Stat.

“Employee” means [any person employed by or performing contractual services for a public or private entity operating a state correctional institution or a private correctional facility] [any person employed by or performing contractual services for the corporation operating the prison industry enhancement programs [or the correctional work programs under part II of chapter 946]] [any person employed at or performing contractual services for a county detention facility] [any person who is a parole examiner with the Florida Commission on Offender Review].

The words “lewd” and “lascivious” mean the same thing: a wicked, lustful, unchaste, licentious, or sensual intent on the part of the person doing an act.

§ 800.04, Fla. Stat.

*“Sexual activity” means the oral, anal, or female genital* penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or female genital penetration of another by any other object[; however, sexual activity does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose].

Give if applicable.

“Bona fide” means genuine.

Phillips v. State, 238 So. 3d 308 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018).

“Union” means contact.

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Female genitals*” includes the labia minora, labia majora, clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina.

Lakey v. State, 113 So. 3d 90 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).

The definition of “an object” includes a finger.

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Sadomasochistic abuse” means flagellation or torture by or upon a person or animal, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained, for the purpose of deriving sexual satisfaction, or satisfaction brought about as a result of sadistic violence, from inflicting harm on another or receiving such harm oneself.

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Sexual bestiality” means any sexual act, actual or simulated, between a person and an animal involving the sex organ of the one and the mouth, anus, or female genitals* of the other.

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Simulated” means the explicit depiction of sexual conduct which creates the appearance of such conduct and which exhibits any uncovered portion of the breasts, genitals, or buttocks.

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Sexual conduct” means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, or sadomasochistic abuse; actual or simulated lewd exhibition of the genitals; actual physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is a female, breast with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of either party; or any act or conduct which constitutes sexual battery or simulates that sexual battery is being or will be committed. [A mother's breastfeeding of her baby does not under any circumstance constitute “sexual conduct.”]

§ 847.001, Fla. Stat.

“Deviate sexual intercourse” means sexual conduct between persons not married to each other consisting of contact between the penis and the anus, the mouth and the penis, or the mouth and the vulva.

See State v. Werner, 609 So. 2d 585 (Fla. 1992).

“In the presence of” means that a victim saw, heard, or otherwise sensed that the act was taking place.

Lesser Included Offenses

LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS EXHIBITION BY A DETAINEE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN EMPLOYEE OF A FACILITY — 800.09

CATEGORY ONE

CATEGORY TWO

FLA. STAT.

INS. NO.

None

Attempt

777.04(1)

5.1

Exposure of Sexual Organs

800.03

11.9

Unnatural and lascivious act**

800.02**

11.8**

Provenance

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