Reynard Eaglin v. District of Columbia

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• noting that D.C. courts construe statutes “in a manner which assumes that the legislature acted logically and rationally, and avoid interpretations of statutes which lead to implausible results” (cleaned up)
• “If the plain meaning of the statutory language is clear and unambiguous and will not produce an absurd result, we will look no further.” (brackets omitted)
• “If the plain meaning of statutory language is clear and unambiguous and will not produce an absurd result, we will look nó further.” (citation, internal quotation marks, and brackets omitted)
• Maryland courts “may sentence people . . . to probation without judgment”
• we review questions of statutory analysis de novo
• we review questions of statutory analysis de novo

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