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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 02:57:33+00:00

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Florida Statute § 787.02(a) defines the phrase false imprisonment as meaning "forcibly, by threat, or secretly confining, abducting, imprisoning, or restraining another person without lawful authority and against her or his will."
False imprisonment is a lesser-included offense of kidnapping, which involves an alleged offender confining, abducting, or imprisoning another person against her or his will and without lawful authority, with intent to hold the victim for ransom or reward or as a shield or hostage, commit or facilitate commission of any felony, inflict bodily harm upon or to terrorize the victim or another person, or interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.
While false imprisonment is the lesser offense of kidnapping, the crime still results in a person facing felony charges. Additionally, people convicted of false imprisonment can face both criminal and civil liability—meaning an alleged offender not only faces a possible prison sentence and fines but could also be subject to paying additional monetary damages to the victim.
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When does false imprisonment result in aggravated charges?
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Where can I find more information about false imprisonment in Broward County?
Human trafficking for commercial sexual activity in which a child under the age of 18, a mentally defective person, or a mentally incapacitated person was involved.
Florida Statute § 787.02(1)(b) states that confinement of a child under the age of 13 is against her or his will if such confinement is without the consent of her or his parent or legal guardian.
First-Degree Felony — Up to life in prison and fine of up to $10,000.
In false imprisonment cases, an alleged victim may also file a civil claim seeking money damages. An alleged victim needs to have suffered some injury or harm as the result of being confined, abducted, imprisoned, or restrained.
It is essential to understand that a civil case is completely separate from a criminal case. Thus, an acquittal in a criminal case does not necessarily mean that an alleged offender will be automatically off the hook for civil liability.
An alleged victim still needs to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, (a lower burden of proof than the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt used in criminal cases), that an alleged offender intentionally restrained him or her.
Florida Statute § 787.02 | False imprisonment; false imprisonment of a child under age 13, aggravating circumstances — View the full text of the state law governing false imprisonment crimes. Use this website to also find information about the crimes relating to first-degree felony offenses involving children under the age of 13. You can also find a link to the rules of construction, which relates to the imposition of separate judgments and sentences for the first-degree offense described in paragraph Florida Statute § 787.02(a) and for each separate offense enumerated in Florida Statute § 787.02(a)1.-Florida Statute § 787.02(a)5.
“Double Offense” Problems in Kidnapping and False Imprisonment Cases — View the full text of a December 2003 Florida Bar Journal article discussing the differences between kidnapping and false imprisonment as well as when a person could be imprisoned for one or both offenses. The author states that the statutes for kidnapping and false imprisonment create a “double offense” problem—meaning they "define the constraint element of the offenses so broadly that the type of constraint inherent in the commission of other offenses (e.g., robbery, sexual battery) often also proves an additional offense of kidnapping or false imprisonment." The author offers two solutions: Having specific actions treated as enhancement factors rather than separate offenses and requiring some version of the test adopted by the Florida Supreme Court in Faison v. State, 426 So. 2d 963 (Fla. 1983).
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