21.17 COMPOUNDING A FELONY
§ 843.14, Fla. Stat.
To prove the crime of Compounding a Felony, the State must prove the following four elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 
1.	(Defendant) knew that a[n] (felony alleged) had been committed.
2.	(Felony alleged) was a felony.
Give 3a and/or 3b as applicable.  
3.	(Defendant) 
a.	took [money] [or] [a gratuity] [or] [a reward].
b.	entered into an engagement to take [money] [or] [a gratuity] [or] [a reward].
4.	(Defendant) did so upon an agreement or understanding to [conceal] [or] [not prosecute] [or] [not give evidence of] [or] [compound] that (felony alleged). 
The Court instructs you that on the date[s] alleged in the charging document, (felony alleged) was a felony. 
The Court should define the felony alleged. 
Give if applicable.
The agreement or understanding in element number 4 can be express or implied.
Lesser Included Offense
 COMPOUNDING A FELONY — 843.14
CATEGORY ONE	CATEGORY TWO	FLA. STAT.	INS. NO.	
Compounding a felony (misdemeanor) [i.e., if (felony alleged) is not a capital felony, life felony, or first degree felony punishable by life]		843.14	21.17	
	Attempt	777.04(1)	5.1	
Comments
§ 843.14, Fla. Stat. links the degree of the felony that was concealed to the degree of the crime that the defendant committed. If the felony that the defendant concealed was a capital felony, a life felony, or a first-degree felony punishable by life, the crime of Compounding a Felony is a third-degree felony. However, if the felony that the defendant concealed was a first, second, or third-degree felony, the crime of Compounding a Felony is a first-degree misdemeanor. Although there is no case law directly on point, the Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases relied on the logic in Bowen v. State, 791 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) to conclude that the State must specify the felony that the defendant knew about and concealed.
This instruction was adopted in 2018.