Cole v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “the goal in construing statutes is to ascertain legislative intent. ... The spirit of the statute must be considered as well as the words.... A sensible, workable, practical and logical construction should be given.... [AJbsurdity should be avoided.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-01-25· cited 5×
• Jenkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-19· cited 1×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hansen v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-11-12· cited 31×
• Thomas J. Bullock, III v. State of Mississippi, Joe Patterson, Attorney General, State Board of Parole, United States of America
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-12-02· cited 30×
• State v. Liakas
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1957-11-29· cited 19×
• Gottfried v. Cronin
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1976-10-18· cited 18×
• Emmetsburg Ready Mix Co. v. Norris
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-02-13· cited 14×
• Simmons v. Leach
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-03-23· cited 11×
• Fletcher R. Williams v. Department of Corrections
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-02-11· cited 9×
• Hughes v. Waters
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-02-21· cited 8×
• State v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-04-20· cited 5×
• In Re Roessel
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1978-06-06· cited 5×
• State Ex Rel. Graves v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1980-09-04· cited 5×
• State Ex Rel. Hood v. Purcell
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1972-03-09· cited 4×
• State v. White
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-12-01· cited 4×
• State v. Parsells
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1973-05-30· cited 3×
• In re Brown
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1967-09-27· cited 1×