Topic: retroactive application is the exception, and such laws are… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Pelley.

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1 State v. Pelley Anchor
ind · 2005
green “retroactive application is the exception, and such laws are normally to be applied prospectively absent strong and compelling reasons.” 5
2 Dennis Johnson, Raymond Johnson v. State of Indiana
indctapp · 2015
green “statutes are to be given prospective effect only, unless the legislature unequivocally and unambiguously intended retrospective effect as well.” 3

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