State v. Tabone

SCHALLER, J.,

with whom VERTEFEUILLE, J., joins, concurring in part and dissenting in part. This case presents the question of what steps our law permits a court to take in an effort to reconcile criminal statutes that are in conflict to the extent that the statutory scheme is rendered unworkable. General Statutes § 1-2z*4431 authorizes the judiciary to determine the meaning of a statute or of a statutory scheme in a manner that does not yield “unworkable” results. If, however, after resort to traditional methods of statutory construction, two criminal statutes cannot be reconciled, that is, the…