Pigford v. People

How courts have described this case

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• noting a clear statement of legislative intent to change the common law in order to permit admissibility of certain prior offenses in criminal prosecutions for unlawful sexual behavior
• noting a clear statement of legislative intent to change the common law in order to permit admissibility of certain prior offenses in criminal prosecutions for unlawful sexual behavior
• statutes in derogation of common law are to be strictly construed to restrict provisions to the clear intent of the legislature
• while “[ljegislative acts in derogation of the common law will be strictly construed ... legislative intent which is clearly expressed must be given effect”
• criminal statutes are to be strictly construed in favor of the accused

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).