What is the test for using a preamble as an "aid in construing the statute"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. DeHoyos, 229 Cal.Rptr.3d 687, 4 Cal.5th 594, 412 P.3d 368 (Cal. 2018):
review. (See People v. Canty (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1266, 1280, 14 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 90 P.3d 1168 [courts may consider "statements of the intent of the
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enacting body contained in a preamble" as an "aid in construing a statute"].)
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