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Warren v. State

Citations

  • 294 Ga. 589
  • 755 S.E.2d 171
  • 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 383
  • 2014 WL 696339
  • 2014 Ga. LEXIS 127

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  • noting that “the words in [a statute] should be understood in relation to each other, since words, like people, are judged by the company they keep”
  • stating that phrase “including but not limited to” is “intended to defeat three canons of construction: inclusio unius est exclusio alte-rius (‘to express one thing is to exclude another’
  • when considering the text and relevant context of the statute, a statute is to be construed as understood at the time of its enactment
  • “[W]e look to the ordinary meaning of those words at the time the General Assembly enacted the statute . . . .”
  • “[W]e look to the ordinary meaning of those words at the time the General Assembly enacted the statute . . . .”
  • we must look to the General Assembly ' s understanding of the \ordinary meaning\ of the statutory language \at the time [it] enacted the statute\

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Judges: Thompson, Hines, Benham, Hunstein, Nahmias, Blackwell, Melton

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