Supreme Court of Florida· 7/7/2005

Clines v. State

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912 So. 2d 550
2005 WL 1572294

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noting that all parts of a statute must be read together in order to achieve a consistent whole
relying on rule of lenity to resolve whether multiple recidivist categories in same habitual-offender law could apply to a single sentence
\the mere existence of two mandatory categories does not evidence a legislative intent to allow multiple categories to be simultaneously applied\
“[O]nly one recidivist category in section 775.084 may be applied to any given criminal sentence.”
“To be sentenced as a [HVFO], a defendant must have been convicted of one prior enumerated felony and must have committed his current felony [within five years of his last conviction.]”
“A court’s function is to interpret statutes as they are written and give effect to each word in the statute.” (quoting Fla. Dep’t of Revenue v. Fla. Mun. Power Agency, 789 So.2d 320, 324 (Fla.2001))

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Judges: Cantero

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