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· 7/10/2008

Kasischke v. State

Citations

  • 991 So. 2d 803
  • 2008 WL 2678449

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that commas are used to set off nonrestrictive appositives, which “provide additional but nonessential information about a noun or pronoun immediately preceding” and merely “serve to further identify or explain the word they refer to” (citation to quoted text omitted)
  • observing in regard to ambiguous criminal statute that we “cannot simply choose our preferred 68 The statutory construction at issue in the language of section 775.087(1
  • “[R]elative and qualifying words, phrases and clauses are to be applied to the words or phrase immediately preceding, and are not to be construed as extending to, or including, others more remote.”
  • “When construing a statute, we strive to effectuate the Legislature’s intent.”
  • involving convictions for possession of firearms by a convicted felon
  • involving convictions for possession of firearms by a convicted felon

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Judges: Cantero

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