Supreme Court of Florida· 4/8/2004

State v. Burris

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875 So. 2d 408
2004 WL 742099

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\These sources uniformly support only one conclusion about the plain and ordinary meaning of `carry' as used in section 812.13(2)(a).\
“[T]he statute’s plain and ordinary meaning must control, unless this leads to an unreasonable result or a result clearly contrary to legislative intent.”
“[T]he statute’s plain and ordinary meaning must control, unless this leads to an unreasonable result or a result clearly contrary to legislative intent.” (citation omitted)
“If the legislature did not intend the results mandated by the statute’s plain language, then the appropriate remedy is for it to amend the statute.”
“When a statute is clear, courts will not look behind the statute’s plain language for legislative intent or resort to rules of statutory construction to ascertain intent.”
“When a statute is clear, courts will not look 4 behind the statute’s plain language for legislative intent or resort to rules of statutory construction to ascertain intent.”

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Judges: Bell

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