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State v. Sullivan

Citations

  • 36 P.3d 803
  • 97 Haw. 259
  • 2001 Haw. LEXIS 489

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  • noting that this court has “often held [that] subsequent legislative history or amendments may be examined in order to confirm [its] interpretation of statutory provisions” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “And we must read statutory language in the context of the entire statute and construe it in a manner consistent with its purpose.”
  • \ '[S]ubsequent legislative history or amendments' may be examined in order to confirm our interpretation of statutory provisions.\ (citation omitted)

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, Acoba

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