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In interpreting statutes “our goal is to ‘fulfill the intent of the legislature.’ ”

The County’s expert conceded that this interpretation renders class nine a “vacant class.” ¶ 12 In construing a statute, our goal is “to fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote it.” , ( , ).

“We look first to the statute‟s language because we expect it to be „the best and most reliable index of a statute‟s meaning.‟”

We look first at the language of the statutes to - 5 - determine their meaning, and examine related statutes in the statutory scheme, which may shed light on the proper interpretation of the statutes in question; we also attempt to harmonize competing sentencing statutes if it is possible to do so.

3 ¶ 15 “When interpreting a statute, our goal is ‘to fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote it.’” Hussain, 189 Ariz. at 338 , 942 P.2d at 1170 ( , ).

is to fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote it.”

When analyzing statutes, our primary “goal is ‘to fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote [the statute].’” ( ).

Our primary “goal is ‘to fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote [the statute].’” Zamora v. Reinstein, 185 Ariz. 272, 275, ( ).

When interpreting a statute, we look first to the plain language because that is “ ‘the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning.’” N. Valley Emergency Specialists, , 93 P.3d at 503

(noting that when construing statutes, a court’s goal is to “fulfill the intent of the legislature that wrote it”).

104, 137 (1993), the court concluded the defendant did not commit a dangerous crime against children when he caused serious injury to a fourteen-year-old boy by driving drunk, which “plac[ed] everyone around him at risk of injury” but did not target or “focus[] upon the victim.” In that cont

¶ 21 Our supreme court has held that the § 13-604.01 enhancement applies only when the defendant’s conduct was “focused on, directed against, aimed at, or targeted] a victim under the age of fifteen.”

¶ 7 When construing a statute, “[w]e first consider the statute’s language.” , , (“[I]n interpreting the meaning of a statute ...

¶7 When interpreting any statute, we look to its language as “the best and most reliable index of [the] statute’s meaning.” N. Valley, 208 Ariz. at 303, ¶ 9, 93 P.3d at 503 ( ).

intended to punish and deter” “those predators who pose a direct and continuing threat to the children of Arizona.” , (reviewing the legislative history of § 13-604.01).