Fla. Stat. § 782.02 : Crimes — Homicide — Justifiable use of deadly force Date: 31 May 2016 TEXT PDF Current through Chapter 269 of the 2016 Legislative Session The use of deadly force is justifiable when a person is resisting any attempt to murder such person or to commit any felony upon him or her or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person shall be. Fla. Stat. § 782.02 ss. 4, 5, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2378; ch. 4967, 1901; s. 1, ch. 4964, 1901; GS 3203; RGS 5033; CGL 7135; s. 66, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-24; s. 45, ch. 75-298; s.1197, ch. 97-102.