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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 843
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
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F.S. 843.10
843.10 Escape by negligence of officer.If a jailer or other officer, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in her or his custody upon conviction of any criminal charge to escape, she or he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 14, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2589; GS 3510; RGS 5396; CGL 7536; s. 1043, ch. 71-136; s. 1341, ch. 97-102.