EXZAVIOUS WILLIS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Lowell Joseph Kuvin v. City OF Coral Gables, 45 So. 3d 836 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
  …City’s ordinances. This argument is without merit. The standard for testing vagueness is whether a statute or ordinance “gives a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what constitutes forbidden conduct.” Jones v. Williams Pawn & Gun, Inc., 800 So. 2d 267, 270 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (citing Sieniarecki v. State, 756 So. 2d 68, 74 (Fla.2000)). “The language of the statute [or ordinance] must provide a definite warning of what conduct is required or prohibited, measured by common understanding and practic…
• Tarpon Springs Hosp. Found., Inc. v. Anderson, 34 So. 3d 742 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …d to ascertain the plain and ordinary meaning of “prearranged plan of treatment.” “In the absence of a statutory definition, resort may be had to case law or related statutory provisions which define the term....” Jones v. Williams Pawn & Gun, Inc., 800 So. 2d 267, 270 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (citing State v. Barnes, 686 So. 2d 633, 637 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996)). In Cason v. Florida Department of Management Services, 944 So. 2d 306, 308 (Fla.2006), the supreme court interpreted the term “taxpayer” as used in section 19…
• Weeks v. State, 146 So. 3d 81 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014)
  …v. State, 629 So. 2d at 843. In the absence of a statutory definition, words of common usage are to be construed according to their plain and ordinary meaning which can be ascertained by reference to a dictionary. Jones v. Williams Pawn & Gun, Inc., 800 So. 2d 267, 271 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). In Bostic, the majority held that the term “replica” should be defined in accor [*84] dance with Florida case law “as meaning a reasonably exact reproduction of the object involved that, when viewed, causes the person to s…

Authorities Cited

• Corona v. State, 642 So. 2d 667 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
• Jordan v. State, 610 So. 2d 616 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)