MAURICE FERRE, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, ETC., RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Inquiry Concerning a Judge, 842 So. 2d 77 (Fla. 2003)
  …CA 2000) (affirming fine for failing to report value of a campaign contribution); Ferre v. State ex rel. Reno, 478 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (affirming $35,000 fine on mayor who accepted improper post-election campaign contributions), approved, 494 So. 2d 214 (Fla.1986); see also § 106.265, Fla. Stat (2002) (authorizing imposition of fine of up to $1000 for each count of campaign financing violation). . In that case, we rejected the initial JQC recommendation, and subsequently approved a more significan…
• Breakstone v. Honorable Mary Ann MacKENZIE, 561 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …about any potential or actual conflicts of interest. Note, Florida’s Campaign Finance Law: A Restoration of the Public’s Confidence?, 28 U.Fla.L.Rev. 458, 464 (1976); see Ferre v. State ex rel. Reno, 478 So. 2d 1077, 1080 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), aff'd, 494 So. 2d 214 (Fla.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1037, 107 S.Ct. 1973, 95 L.Ed.2d 814 (1987). Far from supporting respondent’s position, disclosure laws indicate a legislative recognition that a contribution within legal limits can create a “real or imagined coer…
• State v. Harris, 537 So. 2d 1128 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
  …e that section 827.01(3) should not control. To follow the definition in section 827.01(3) would result in an incongruity with otherwise manifested legislative intent. See Ferre v. State ex rel. Reno, 478 So. 2d 1077, 1082 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), aff’d, 494 So. 2d 214 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1037, 107 S.Ct. 1973, 95 L.Ed.2d 814 (1987) (“when the use of a statutory definition results in a manifest incongruity ... that definition should not be employed.”). Accordingly, consistent in effect with Ja-kubczak,…

Authorities Cited

• Ferre v. State, 478 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)