State v. Ofodrinwa

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• recognizing that the same phrase can have different meanings depending on differences in context and legislative history
• holding that, even if the phrase “does not consent” initially referred only to a lack of actual consent, the later addition of a defense that assumed that the phrase included the lack of capacity to consent necessarily altered the phrase’s meaning
• explaining that the state could prove nonconsent by proving factual or legal nonconsent
• preexisting common law and the statutory framework within which a statute was enacted provide context for the meaning of the terms in the statute
• describing limited circum- stances under which later legislative enactments can inform the meaning of related, earlier-adopted provisions
• explaining that “ ‘does not consent’ in paragraph [(1)](a

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