State v. Seyrafi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that courts should “apply practical, common sense constructions rather than hypertechnical ones that would tend to frustrate legislative intent.”
• holding courts should “apply practical, common sense constructions rather than hypertechnical ones that would tend to frustrate legislative intent”
• “We apply practical, common sense constructions rather than hypertechnical ones that would tend to frustrate legislative intent when we interpret criminal statutes.”
• statutory provisions must be “construed in context with related provisions and in light of their place in the statutory scheme”
• statutory provisions are construed in context with related provisions and in light of their place in the statutory scheme

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).