30-1-3. Construction of Criminal Code.
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In criminal cases where no provision of this code is applicable, the common law, as recognized by the United States and the several states of the Union, shall govern.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-1-3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 1-3.