Court of Appeals of Arizona· 8/12/2010

State v. Rios

Citations

237 P.3d 1052
225 Ariz. 292
588 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 5
2010 Ariz. App. LEXIS 132

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“To the extent possible, we avoid deciding constitutional issues if the case can be resolved on non-constitutional grounds.”
“To the extent possible, [the court avoids] deciding constitutional issues if the case can be resolved on non-constitutional grounds.”
“[O]nce the supreme court has rendered a final judgment interpreting a substantive statute, the Legislature cannot retroactively construe what the statute meant in conflict with the judicial decision.”
“[O]nce the supreme court has rendered a final judgment interpreting a substantive statute, the Legislature cannot later retroactively construe what the statute meant in conflict with the judicial decision.”
we avoid deciding constitutional issues when appeal can be resolved on narrower grounds

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Judges: Kessler, Winthrop, Weisberg

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