Court Opinion

ID: 9711048
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:23:27.084963+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:25:12.374161
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O’Hara, J.
(dissenting). I am not in accord with the per curiam opinion in this case. Specifically, I oppose remand.
It is inherent in the appellate process that time elapses between the date of appeal and the date of appellate decision. Thus, to remand a record made because a statute passed during this interlude but not expressly made retroactive by the legislature might change a given result is, to me, inconsistent with the function of judicial review. Absent the interim-passed statute, no basis for remand is presented.
I would affirm the trial judge and the Court of Appeals.
Dethmers, C. J., and Brennan, J., concurred with O’Hara, J,