State v. Teninty

In construing a law that meaning should be adopted which is most consonant with its obvious policy. Interpretation should serve to effectuate the object and purpose of a statute. Parsons v. Wrble, 1912, 21 Idaho 695, 702, 123 P. 638; Wood v. Independent School District, 1912, 21 Idaho 734, 740, 124 P. 780.

A statute providing for or defining an offense created by a previous act, and providing a materially different punishment takes precedence over the former act whether the punishment is reduced or increased. Repeal of the prior inconsistant act is inevitable where the later act is a…