125 N.C. App. 147 - State v. Pyatt’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2009
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Odom · State v. Alston · State v. Camp · State v. Oliver · State v. Wilkinson
Most-quoted passages
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“However, G.S. 20-139.1(f) does not require a willful refusal before evidence of a refusal is admissible and we will not read in this additional requirement. The controlling factor in all statutory construction is the intent of the legislature . . . elsewhere in G.S. 20-139.1, the General Assembly used the term “willful refusal.” Obviously, if it had intended to require a “willful refusal” in G.S.20-139.1(f), it would have done so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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