State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Every provision of a statute must be read in conjunction with the other provisions, giving meaning, if possible, to “each word, clause or sentence, considered in the light of the entire act itself and the purpose for which it was enacted into law.” Frye v. South Phoenix Volunteer Fire Co., 71 Ariz. 163, 168 , 224 P.2d 651, 654 (1950). Subsection (A) establishes the permissible punishment for a first conviction — probation. Subsection (F) establishes the permissible punishment for a second conviction — probation which may include “additional conditions.” Neither subsection addresses the punishment for a violation of probation. Subsection (E), however, begins with the words, “A person who has been placed on probation under the provisions of this section. ...” (Emphasis added.) Logically, subsection (E) sets forth the permissible punishment for a violation of probation imposed under any of the subsections of section 13-901.01, not just for a violation of probation imposed under subsection (A). Had the drafters intended otherwise, they could have said so instead of referring broadly to “probation imposed under the provisions of this section.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'CONNOR v. Hyatt