State v. Lavazzoli

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• holding that \disposition of a case on appeal is made in accordance with the law in effect at the time of the appellate court's decision rather than the law in effect at the time the judgment appealed was rendered\ unless a substantive right is altered
• determining that an approved amendment did not have retroactive application
• “It is a well-established rule of construction that in the absence of clear legislative expression to the contrary, a law is presumed to operate prospectively.”
• “It is a well-established rule of construction that in the absence of clear legislative expression to the contrary, a law is presumed to operate prospectively.”
• constitutional amendment mandating conformity of interpretation of state constitutional rule with United States Supreme Court's interpretation of fourth amendment altered substantive right, and would not be applied retrospectively

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