McNeil v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lutz v. State · Philip Electronics North America v. Wright · Reynolds v. State · 54 Cal. App. 3d 569 - Leffel v. Municipal Court · 110 Wash. 2d 16 - State v. Wilbur
Most-quoted passages
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“If the statutory language is clear and unambiguous and is consistent with the purposes of the legislation in general and the particular provision being interpreted, our inquiry usually ends at that point. If the language is unclear or ambiguous, we seek to discern the intent of the legislature from surrounding circumstances, such as legislative history, prior case law, and the purposes upon which the statutory framework was based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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