BOBBY ALLEN BRYANT, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Hight v. State, 253 So. 3d 1137 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)
  …e statute has meaning and represents the will of the legislature. A statute that provides an unambiguous effective date is clear and controlling evidence of legislative intent. See State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. W. Gables Open MRI Servs., Inc., 846 So. 2d 538, 540 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). In amending the statute, the legislature stated that “[t]his act shall take effect upon becoming a law,” which occurred when the governor signed the bill into law on June 9, 2017. Ch. 2017-72, § 1- 2, Laws of Fla. “[T]he…
• Progressive Express Ins. Co., Inc. v. Menendez, 979 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
  …ionally, the trial court was not free to depart from the ordinary meaning of the words of the statute to establish the applicability and effective date of subsection 627.736(11). See State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. W. Gables Open MRI Servs., Inc., 846 So. 2d 538, 540 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). In the absence of limiting language, the ordinary meaning of the word “claim” is extremely broad and encompasses, at a minimum, the assertion of rights, money, property, and other remedies. See generally Black’s Law Dictiona…
• Castro v. Miami-Dade Cnty. Code Enf't, 844 So. 2d 784 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003)
  …county code contains no definition of “stored” or “in storage,” at least not for section 33 — 20(e)(1), thus the words used therein are to be given their plain and ordinary meaning. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. West Gables Open MRI Servs., 846 So. 2d 538, 2003 WL 729147 (Fla. 3d DCA March 5, 2003); Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. City of Miami, 501 So. 2d 101 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). One looks to the dictionary for the plain and ordinary meaning of words. Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. City of Miami; City…

Authorities Cited

• Jones v. State, 805 So. 2d 968 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)