State v. Redd’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “in its prohibitions, it intended to use both terms as they are normally understood. Accordingly, we must conclude that the Legislature intended this subsection to prohibit the disinterment only of dead bodies shown to have been intentionally deposited in a place of repose. Further, any interpretation that would eliminate the interment requirement would render the language of subsection 76-9-704(1)(a), which specifically prohibits the removal or destruction of any dead body, mere surplus-age. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-9 -7O4(1)(a)(1995) (prohibiting”

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

2. “[In construing any statute, we first examine the statute's plain language and resort to other methods of statutory interpretation, only if the language is ambiguous. Accordingly, we read the words of a statute literally ... and give the words their usual and accepted meaning.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hercules Inc. v. Utah State Tax Commission

3. “(1) A person is guilty of abuse or desecration of a dead human body if the person intentionally and unlawfully: [[Image here]] (b) disinters a buried or otherwise interred dead body, without authority of a court order.”

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