Hodges v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Initially, we note that the intent of the legislature with respect to amending Alabama’s DUI statute is stated in the synopsis of the Act. The synopsis states, in relevant part, the following purposes: ‘“To establish the “Alabama Boating Safety Reform Act of 1994”; to amend Section 32-5A-191, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the operation of a vessel and certain other marine devices while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances, and to provide for certain fines and penalties, parallel to the fines, penalties, and punishment for operating a motor vehicle on the public highways under the influence; to provide for powers of arrest without warrant of certain persons at the scene of boating accidents; to amend Section 32-5A-192, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the crime of homicide by ves-sel_’ “The Act amends — it does not repeal— § 32-5A-191. ‘ “Repeal ” of a law means its complete abrogation by the enactment of a subsequent statute, whereas the “amendment” of a statute means an alteration in the law already existing, leaving some part of the original still standing.’ Black’s Law Dictionary 1299 (6th ed. 1990). An ‘implied repeal’ can occur only when the subsequent statute ‘contains provisions so contrary to or irreconcilable with those of the earlier law that only one of the two statutes can stand in force.’ Black’s Law Dictionary 1299 (6th ed. 1990). “The Act repeatedly refers to vehicles and traffic laws. If the legislature had intended to repeal § 32-5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Floyd v. State