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Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 3.16

PRISON RELEASEE REOFFENDER FINDINGS

activein force · 2026-07-29 – presentact-effective-date

§ 775.082(9), Fla. Stat.

You have found (defendant) guilty of (crime listed in § 775.082(9), Fla. Stat.). You must now determine whether the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt whether:

Give at least one of the following as applicable.

The (crime listed in § 775.082(9), Fla. Stat.) was committed:

a. within 3 years after being released from a state correctional facility operated by the Florida Department of Corrections.

b. while the defendant was serving a prison sentence.

c. within 3 years after being released from a county detention facility following incarceration for a crime for which the sentence pronounced was a prison sentence.

d. within 3 years after being released from a correctional institution of [another state] [the District of Columbia] [the United States] [any possession or territory of the United States] [any foreign jurisdiction] following incarceration for a crime for which the sentence is punishable by more than 1 year in Florida.

e. while the defendant was on escape status from a state correctional facility operated by the Florida Department of Corrections

f. within 3 years after being released from a private vendor.

g. while the defendant was on escape status from a private vendor.

h. while the defendant was on escape status from a correctional institution of [another state] [the District of Columbia] [the United States] [any possession or territory of the United States] [any foreign jurisdiction] following incarceration for an offense for which the sentence is punishable by more than 1 year in Florida.

Give if applicable.

The Court instructs you that the sentence for (name of crime) is punishable by more than 1 year in Florida.

Give as applicable.

“State correctional facility” means any prison.*

§951.23, Fla. Stat.

“County detention facility” means a [county jail] [county stockade] [county work camp] [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 a felony or a misdemeanor, regardless of whether such facility is operated by a board of county commissioners, a sheriff, or any other entity.

Provenance

Source
floridabar.org
Retrieved
2026-08-18
Edition
2026-08-18
Content hash
7fc229f8938552adfb9803c10165955fdf9f5041a3dd1382269a86d0d9ef607d
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