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Supreme Court of Florida· 10/28/2010

Mendenhall v. State

Citations

  • 48 So. 3d 740
  • 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 631
  • 2010 Fla. LEXIS 1788
  • 2010 WL 4237573

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the specific provisions of the 10-20-Life statute with regard to mandatory minimums control over the general provisions of section 775.082 regarding statutory maximums”
  • holding that under section 775.087, Florida Statutes, \the trial court has discretion ... to impose a mandatory minimum ... even if that mandatory minimum exceeds the statutory maximum.\
  • holding that under section 775.087, Florida Statutes, \the trial court has discretion ... to impose a mandatory minimum ... even if that mandatory minimum exceeds the statutory maximum.\
  • concluding that the trial court has discretion to impose a mandatory minimum term within the range of twenty-five years to life under the 10-20-Life statute, regardless of whether the sentence imposed exceeds the crime’s statutory maximum
  • holding that the trial court has the discretion under the 10-20-Life statute to impose a mandatory minimum sentence of twenty-five years to life, even if the mandatory minimum exceeds the statutory maximum provided for in section 775.082
  • recognizing the trial court’s discretion under section 775.087(2)(a)3. “to impose a mandatory minimum of twenty-five years to life, even if that mandatory minimum exceeds the statutory maximum provided for in section 775.082”

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Judges: Canady, Lewis, Polston, Labarga, Pariente, Quince, Perry

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