State v. Belgarde

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “when a statutory term is undefined, dictionaries may be consulted to determine its meaning”
• noting that a “case” includes pretrial, trial, posttrial, and appellate proceedings
• “when a statutory term is undefined, dictionaries may be consulted to deter mine its meaning.”
• a statute is deemed to operate prospectively if event precipitating its application occurs after statute’s effective date
• a statute is deemed to operate prospectively if event precipitating its application occurs after statute's effective date
• constitutional amendment authorizing a retired judge to hear cases pending before his retirement is triggered by the retirement of a judge with pending cases, not the cases themselves

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