New Mexico Supreme Court· 3/14/1994

State v. Ogden

Citations

880 P.2d 845
118 N.M. 234

How courts have described this case

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holding that court should apply rule of lenity where statute’s ambiguity persists after resort to its language, structure, legislative history, and policies
holding that appellate court will interpret statute to give effect to its plain meaning
noting that absolute immunity extends to a prosecutor’s decision “on whether to prosecute a case”
stating that the court should use the statute’s plain language as the primary indicator of legislative intent
stating that, in construing statute, we must determine and effectuate intent of legislature, using plain language of the statute as primary indicator of intent
holding that the rule of lenity applies to ambiguous criminal statutes

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Judges: Frost, Montgomery, Ransom, Baca, Franchini

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