TERRANCE COOPER, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Demings v. Orange Cnty. Citizens Review Bd., 15 So. 3d 604 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009)
  …rts must ‘look first to the statute’s plain meaning.’ ” Hennis v. City Tropics Bistro, Inc., 1 So. 3d 1152, 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) (quoting Moonlit Waters Apartments, Inc. v. Cauley, 666 So. 2d 898, 900 (Fla.1996)). As explained in State v. Mason, 979 So. 2d 301, 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008): The courts’ job in construing a statute is to give effect to the Legislature’s intent. State v. J.M., 824 So. 2d 105, 109 (Fla.2002). To determine legislative intent, courts look first to the plain language of the statute.…
• Tarpon Springs Hosp. Found., Inc. v. Anderson, 34 So. 3d 742 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …use the Plan, the Nurse Practice Act, and rule 64B9-4.010 do not relate to the same subject matter or share the same purpose, the ALJ could not construe them together to require proof of a written “prearranged plan of treatment.” See State v. Mason, 979 So. 2d 301, 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (“A law should be construed together with any other statute relating to the same subject matter or having the same purpose if they are compatible.”). The ALJ erroneously interpreted section 766.314(4)(c) as requiring proof…
• Wilkerson v. State, 143 So. 3d 462 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)
  …2); State v. D.C., 114 So. 3d 440, 441 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). [*463] The purpose of section 794.0115 is to provide enhanced sentences for repeat sex offenders such as Wilkerson. Felder v. State, 116 So. 3d 605, 606 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013); State v. Mason, 979 So. 2d 301, 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). Section 794.0115(2)(e) requires that an individual found to be a dangerous sexual felony offender “be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of 25 years imprisonment up to, and including, life imprisonment.”2 Section 794.011…