Ferullo's Case

How courts have described this case

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

• not finding clear intent to eliminate common law element of nonconsent, court held that assault with intent to rape statute cannot be applied to consensual conduct
• “It is not to be lightly supposed that radical changes in the law were intended where not plainly expressed”
• “[i]t is not to be lightly supposed that radical changes in the law were intended where not plainly expressed”
• “It is not to be lightly supposed that radical changes in the law were intended where not plainly expressed”
• “Statutes are to be construed in the light of the preexisting common and statutory law .... It is not to be lightly supposed that radical changes in the law were intended where not plainly expressed”
• “Statutes are to be construed in the light of the preexisting common and statutory law .... It is not to be lightly supposed that radical changes in the law were intended where not plainly expressed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).