State v. Thomason

How courts have described this case

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

• “A statute should be explained in conjunction with other statutes which relate to the same subject or have the same general purpose.”
• statute “is applicable only to persons protecting the home, its contents, or the residents within,” and defendant could not invoke defense because m urder occu rred on bu siness prem ises
• statutes should be construed “in light of their purpose”
• statutes should be construed \in light of their purpose\
• “Courts construe seemingly conflicting statutes in harmony when possible.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Korzep
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-10-04· cited 120×
• John C. Lincoln Hospital v. Maricopa County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-09-01· cited 106×
• Western Corrections Group, Inc. v. Tierney
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-08-31· cited 38×
• State v. Taylor
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1991-09-17· cited 37×
• Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2005-10-21· cited 34×
• State v. Hussain
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-07-29· cited 31×
• State of Arizona v. Andy Daniel Almeida
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-08-19· cited 26×
• Goulder v. ARIZONA DEPT. OF TRANSP., MOTOR VEH.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-03-01· cited 25×
• State v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-03-16· cited 21×
• Johnson v. Mohave County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2003-10-14· cited 21×
• State v. Barraza
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2005-01-11· cited 19×
• State v. Hensley
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-09-20· cited 18×
• State ex rel. Department of Economic Security v. Demetz
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-03-28· cited 10×
• State v. Samano
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-10-17· cited 7×
• Goulder v. Arizona Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-09-07· cited 4×
• Camelback Plaza Development, L.C. v. Hard Rock Café International (Phoenix), Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-05-22· cited 4×
• Phoenix City Prosecutor's Office v. Ybarra
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-06-21· cited 4×
• State v. Korzep
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1989-12-26· cited 3×
• Lee v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-09-03· cited 2×
• Steven K. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2005-06-23· cited 1×