State v. Wade

PAUL C. WILSON, Judge.

I concur in the reasoning and conclusions in the majority opinion. I write separately, however, to express concern over the Court’s increased willingness to draw inferences as to legislative intent from the codification (i.e., the structure and placement by title, chapter and section) of new provisions enacted by the General Assembly. Such inferences are of doubtful validity and should be indulged, if at all, only after careful analysis of the codification process and its effect on the language actually voted upon and approved by the legislature.

The majority opinion…