CopyCited 32 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...per award pursuant to judgment. Neither is appellee entitled to fees pursuant to any contractual theory. The stated intent of the Crimes Compensation Act is to provide, as a matter of moral responsibility, aid, care, and support to victims of crime. Section 960.02....
...United States,
461 F.2d 1240, 1256 (D.C. Cir.1972), cert. denied,
409 U.S. 949,
93 S.Ct. 270,
34 L.Ed.2d 220. Welfare benefits are generally acknowledged as stemming from a sense of public duty or obligation. 79 Am.Jur.2d Welfare Laws § 1. This sense of public duty is recognized in §
960.02, F.S., wherein the legislature stated that the care and support of crime victims are to be undertaken by the state "as a matter of moral responsibility." These words suggest the possibility of a contract's formation based on the doctrine of...
CopyCited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida
...codified as Section 897.25. When the remainder of the Act was renumbered and shifted to Chapter 960 by statutory revision personnel, this provision was not transferred. [6] E.g., State ex rel. Hoffman v. Vocelle,
159 Fla. 88,
31 So.2d 52 (1947). [7] Section
960.02 is a declaration of policy and legislative intent: The Legislature recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal injury or death as a direct result of criminal acts or in their efforts to prevent crime or apprehend persons committing or attempting to commit crimes....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal
...3(2), Florida Statutes (1979). Thus, the Bureau contends, the commissioner was unjustified in ordering a "wage loss" award under section
960.13(7). We disagree. The Crimes Compensation Act is based upon the legislature's express policy, contained in section
960.02, Florida Statutes (1979), determining: [T]hat there is a need for government financial assistance for ......
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1989 WL 71690
Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 960.2 Appellants Rosa-Ibarra, Blanqui-cet-Guzman, Marquez-Rodriguez
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21458
...Appellee was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment for his condition in October and November of 1980. In his order, the deputy found that the hospitalization was directly related by cause and effect to the crime committed. The deputy, citing the legislative intent of the Crimes Compensation Act, section
960.02, Florida Statutes (1981), found that the appellee fell concurrently within the provisions of sections 960.-03(1) and
960.03(7), and was both the victim of the crime and the claimant....
