· 6/25/2009
Dubois v. Abrahamson
Citations
- 214 P.3d 586
- 2009 Colo. App. LEXIS 1181
- 2009 WL 1798605
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[W]e may not read additional terms into, or modify, the plain language of a statute.”
- “[W]e may not read additional terms into, or modify, the plain language of a statute . . . .”
- court will not read into statute a limitation the plain language does not suggest
- court will not read into statute a limitation the plain language does not suggest
- “[T]he General Assembly could have drafted section 16-22-102(3) to define ‘convicted’ as ‘having received, and failed to successfully complete, a 5 deferred judgment and sentence,’” but it did not.
- appellate courts may not read additional terms into, or modify, a statute’s explicit language
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Judges: Lichtenstein, Taubman, Roman
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