297 Ga. App. 592 - Morrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
April 2023
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · 274 Ga. App. 834 - Spivey v. State · Wiggins v. State · 294 Ga. App. 783 - Sharma v. State · 261 Ga. App. 569 - Argot v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he interpretation of a statute is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo on appeal.. . . Moreover, in all interpretations of statutes, the courts shall look diligently for the intention of the General Assembly. . . . And to determine the legislative intent of a statute, we begin with the literal text; where the literal text of a statute is plain and does not lead to absurd or impracticable consequences, we apply the statute as written without further inquiry. The language of a statute is given its most natural and obvious import, without resorting to forced or subtle interpretations to either expand or limit the statute’s operation. 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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