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Court of Appeals of Maryland· 3/27/2017

State v. Bey

Citations

  • 156 A.3d 873
  • 452 Md. 255
  • 2017 WL 1131053
  • 2017 Md. LEXIS 147

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  • explaining that courts will neither “add nor delete language so as to reflect an intent not evidenced in the plain and unambiguous language of the statute” and will not “construe a statute with forced or subtle interpretations that limit or extend its application” (internal quotation omitted)
  • explaining that courts will neither “add nor delete language so as to reflect an intent not evidenced in the plain and unambiguous language of the statute” and will not “construe a statute with forced or subtle interpretations that limit or extend its application” (internal quotation omitted)
  • explaining that courts will neither “add nor delete language so as to reflect an intent not evidenced in the plain and unambiguous language of the statute” and will not “construe a statute with forced or subtle interpretations that limit or extend its application” (internal quotation omitted)
  • “In every case, the statute must be given a reasonable interpretation, not one that is absurd, illogical or incompatible with common sense.”
  • “We, however, do not read statutory language in a vacuum, nor do we confine strictly our interpretation of a statute’s plain language to the isolated section alone.”
  • “We . . . do not read statutory language in a vacuum, nor do we confine strictly our interpretation of a statute’s plain language to the isolated section alone.”

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Judges: Barbera, Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty

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