249 Mich. App. 382 - People v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 8 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We review questions of statutory construction de novo. In doing so, our purpose is to discern and give effect to the Legislature's intent. We begin by examining the plain language of the statute; where that language is unambiguous, we presume that the Legislature intended the meaning clearly expressed — no further judicial construction is required or permitted, and the statute must be enforced as written. We must give the words of a statute their plain and ordinary meaning, and only where the statutory language is ambiguous may we look outside the statute to ascertain the Legislature's intent." [ People v. Brown, 249 Mich.App. 382, 385 , 642 N.W.2d 382 (2002), quoting People v. Morey, 461 Mich. 325, 329-330 , 603 N.W.2d 250 (1999) (citations omitted).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Perkins

2. “A person convicted of a specified felony shall not possess, use, transport, sell, purchase, carry, ship, receive, or distribute a firearm in this state until all of the following circumstances exist: (a) The expiration of 5 years after all of the following circumstances exist: (i) The person has paid all fines imposed for the violation. (ii) The person has served all terms of imprisonment imposed for the violation. (iii) The person has successfully completed all conditions of probation or parole imposed for the violation. (b) The person's right to possess, use, transport, sell, purchase, carry, ship, receive, or distribute a firearm has been restored pursuant to ... [MCL] 28.424 [2] ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Perkins

3. “[a]ll provisions of [the penal code] shall be construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and to effect the objects of the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Jackson