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Supreme Court of Georgia· 7/5/2016

Scott v. State

Citations

  • 299 Ga. 568
  • 788 S.E.2d 468
  • 2016 Ga. LEXIS 460

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  • explaining, in the context of construing the meaning of a statute, that “a qualifying phrase appearing at the end of a series should be read to apply to all items in the series ‘when such an application would represent a natural construction’”
  • “It is evident beyond the need for elaboration that [the] government has a compelling interest in protecting the physical and psychological well-being of children.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • “It is evidence beyond the need for elaboration that [the] government has a compelling interest in protecting the physical and psychological well-being of children.” (punctuation omitted)
  • “A pronoun, relative pronoun, or demonstrative adjective generally refers to the nearest reasonable antecedent.”
  • “To assess the extent of a statute’s effect on protected expression, a court must determine what the statute actually covers. Accordingly, the first step in any overbreadth analysis is to construe the statute in question.”
  • “To assess the extent of a statute’s effect on protected expression, a court must determine what the statute actually covers. Accordingly, the first step in any overbreadth analysis is to construe the statute in question.”

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Judges: Hunstein

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