31 Va. App. 70 - Murphy v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
March 2003
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 14 Va. App. 836 - Branch v. Commonwealth · Turner v. SHELDON D. WEXLER, DPM · Ambrogi v. Koontz · Wisniewski v. Johnson · Grigg v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“The basic tenets of statutory construction require us to “ ‘ascertain and give effect to legislative [intent,]’ ” and “ ‘effect rather than defeat a legislative purpose evident from the history of the legislation.’ ” In so doing, the “plain, obvious, and rational meaning of a statute is always preferred to any curious, narrow or strained construction. ..”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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