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STATE v. MORRIS,, 270 So. 3d 436 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . License plate frames and whether they violate section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes (2017), are challenged . . . It argues the trial court erred in finding that a license plate frame did not violate section 316.605 . . . Law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of the defendant for violating section 316.605(1). . . . , so that they will be plainly visible and legible at all times 100 feet from the rear or front." § 316.605 . . . Our supreme court has held that the predecessor version of " section 316.605(1) does not distinguish . . .

STATE v. PENA,, 247 So. 3d 61 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . ." § 316.605(1), Fla. Stat. (2015). . . . that obscured the word "Florida" at the top of this plate, violating the clear language of section 316.605 . . . Id. at 957 (quoting § 316.605(1), Fla. Stat. (1995) ). . . . "In construing the statute," the appellate court said, "the trial court concluded that section 316.605 . . . In 2015, unlike the 1997 version of section 316.605(1) in St. . . .

UNITED STATES v. HARRIS,, 653 F. App'x 709 (11th Cir. 2016)

. . . . § 316.605(1) (2014) (emphasis added). . . . Harris argues that these obstructions were “de minimis” and did not constitute a violation of § 316.605 . . . Stat. § 316.605(1) (2014) (emphasis added). » In any event, even assuming arguendo that Harris’s license . . . plate frame did not actually violate § 316.605(1) because the alphanumeric designation and registration . . . Under the circumstances, we cannot say Officer Grijalva’s understanding of the scope of § 316.605(1) . . .

D. ENGLISH, v. STATE, 191 So. 3d 448 (Fla. 2016)

. . . conflicting decisions on what constitutes an obstruction to a license plate in violation of section 316.605 . . . We conclude that the plain language of section 316.605(1) is clear and unambiguous, and requires that . . . PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This case arose from a traffic stop conducted pursuant to a violation of section 316.605 . . . The plain language of section 316.605(1) provides that “the alphanumeric designation shall be clear and . . . Therefore, we hold that section 316.605(1) does not distinguish betweén obscuring matter that is on or . . . Because I would conclude that section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes, is ambiguous, I -respectfully dissent . . . of obscuring matter enumerated in section 316.606(1) include defacement, mutilation, and grease. § 316.605 . . .

MUNROE, v. STATE, 177 So. 3d 320 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . 2015), the trial court denied appellant’s motion to suppress, reading “the plain language of section 316.605 . . . English, 148 So.3d 529, 529-30 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014) (holding that, under the plain reading of section 316.605 . . . State, 11 So.3d 462, 463-64 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (concluding that section 316.605(1) requires a “license . . .

BAKER, v. STATE, 164 So. 3d 151 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . affirm the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress, as we read the plain language of section 316.605 . . . held that an officer had the authority to conduct a traffic stop under the plain reading of section 316.605 . . . Section 316.605, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part: (1) Every vehicle, at all times while . . . (quoting § 316.605(1), Fla. Stat.) (emphasis in original). . . . , so that they will be plainly visible and legible at all times 100 feet from the rear or front.” § 316.605 . . .

McKALLY, v. PEREZ,, 87 F. Supp. 3d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 2015)

. . . . § 316.605(1) (alterations added). . . .

STATE v. D. ENGLISH,, 148 So. 3d 529 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part: Every vehicle, at all times while driven . . . a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318. § 316.605 . . . Because we conclude that English’s vehicle was properly stopped pursuant to a violation of section 316.605 . . . license plates must be "plainly visible and legible at all times 100 feet from the rear or front,” § 316.605 . . .

UNITED STATES v. IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY,, 749 F.3d 709 (8th Cir. 2014)

. . . . § 316.605(1)); United States v. . . .

PETITHOMME, v. COUNTY OF MIAMI- DADE,, 511 F. App'x 966 (11th Cir. 2013)

. . . . § 316.605; (2) resisting an officer without violence under Fla. . . . Stat. § 316.605. . . .

JENKINS, v. STATE, 102 So. 3d 739 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Jenkins with violating section 316.605, Florida Statutes (2009), requiring display of license plates . . . presence — in a manner that allegedly was not plainly visible and legible, because violating section 316.605 . . . See § 316.605(1) (“A violation of this subsection is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as . . .

SOWERBY, v. STATE, 73 So. 3d 329 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . Sow-erby’s car because he had a reasonable suspicion that the car was in violation of that part of section 316.605 . . .

UNITED STATES v. BOYD,, 388 F. App'x 943 (11th Cir. 2010)

. . . Section 316.605(1) requires “all letters, numerals, printing, writing, and other identification marks . . . Stat. § 316.605(1). . . . registration decal on the red car’s license plate was obscured by the vanity frame, a violation of § 316.605 . . . We decline to address Boyd's argument as to the constitutionality of § 316.605 because Sergeant Mosher's . . . support a conclusion that Sergeant Mosher did not have probable cause to believe the car violated § 316.605 . . .

UNITED STATES v. SALINAS,, 665 F. Supp. 2d 717 (W.D. Tex. 2009)

. . . . § 316.605(1) (requiring display of a front license plate only on certain vehicles). . . . .

S. HARRIS, v. STATE, 11 So. 3d 462 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . court erred in denying his motion to suppress because he was improperly stopped for violating section 316.605 . . . matter, so that they will be plainly visible and legible at all times 100 feet from the rear or front. § 316.605 . . . We believe that section 316.605(1), which is all one sentence and contains 196 words, is neither clear . . . We conclude that Harris’s vehicle was improperly stopped pursuant to section 316.605. . . . . § 316.605(1) (emphasis added). . . . The interpretation of section 316.605 set forth in the majority opinion now before us for rehearing disregards . . . It would be unreasonable to read section 316.605(1) as meaning that a plate is visible if it cannot be . . .

CHANEY, v. CITY OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, a, 483 F.3d 1221 (11th Cir. 2007)

. . . . § 316.605. . . .

STATE v. DIAZ,, 850 So. 2d 435 (Fla. 2003)

. . . In contrast, section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes, which requires that the tag be "plainly visible and . . . license plates must be “plainly visible and legible at all times 100 feet from the rear or front,” § 316.605 . . .

WILLIS, v. STATE, 762 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Sections 316.605(1) and 320.0605(1) are noncriminal traffic offenses; section 320.02 is a misdemeanor . . .

SANDS, v. STATE, 753 So. 2d 630 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . displaying a tag that was not visible for a distance of at least 100 feet, a violation of subsection 316.605 . . . In this appeal, Sands argues that subsection 316.605(1), the statute with which he was charged, does . . . Although we agree that subsection 316.605(1), does not apply to temporary tags, the investigatory stop . . . Section 316.605, entitled “Licensing of Vehicles,” states in pertinent part, that every vehicle shall . . . The officer testified that he was still writing the ticket for the section 316.605 violation when the . . .

STATE v. PARRISH,, 731 So. 2d 101 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . See §§ 316.221(2), 316.605(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . . been authorized at the time, the trial court failed to apply the visibility requirement of section 316.605 . . .

SAVIORY, Jr. v. STATE, 717 So. 2d 200 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Section 316.605(1) provides that all letters, numerals, printing, writing and other identification marks . . . Section 316.605(1) also requires that a license plate be visible from 100 feet away. . . .

HOLMES, v. STATE, 710 So. 2d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . See §§ 316.221(2), 316.605(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .

STATE v. ST. JEAN,, 697 So. 2d 956 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . This was asserted to be a violation of section 316.605, Florida Statutes (1995). . . . Section 316.605(1), Florida Statutes (1995), provides, in relevant part, that every vehicle on the state . . . In construing the statute, the trial court concluded that section 316.605(1) does not require the county . . . no authority for the proposition that obscuring the county name in such a fashion violates section 316.605 . . . It appears to us that essential to a correct interpretation of section 316.605 is the phrase, “visible . . .

STATE v. GARCIA,, 696 So. 2d 1352 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Section 316.605, Florida Statutes (1995), provides in pertinent part that license plates be displayed . . . In our view, section 316.605 does not set forth a reasonable standard to justify a traffic stop because . . . Section 316.605, Florida Statutes, in addition to requiring that the “license plate” be fastened “outside . . .

UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS, 784 F. Supp. 1553 (M.D. Fla. 1991)

. . . . § 316.605(1) (1990). Accordingly, the initial stop of the truck was lawful. B. . . .

WHITING v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 47 Fla. Supp. 2d 53 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . F.S. 316.605(1) requires every motor vehicle to have attached to its rear a license plate “[w]ith all . . .

UNITED STATES v. DUNKLEY,, 911 F.2d 522 (11th Cir. 1990)

. . . . § 316.605. . . .

STATE v. W. PATRICK,, 437 So. 2d 217 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Both are required by sections 316.605 and 316.610, Florida Statutes (Supp.1978), respectively. . . .

CHEATEM a k a v. STATE, 416 So. 2d 35 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Both are required by sections 316.605 and 316.610, Florida Statutes (Supp.1978), respectively. . . . When section 901.25 was amended in 1978 by the Florida Legislature, violations of sections 316.605 and . . . statutes were sections 316.284 and 316.285; and that when the Legislature renumbered the sections to 316.605 . . .