context: A statute may be ambiguous if it is silent on an issue that would be expected to be within its scope.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 968 P.2d 112, 117
citation_a.parenthetical: "If explicit statutory provisions are ambiguous or silent regarding the matter at issue, we interpret the statute to comport with the legislature's objectives."
citation_a.sentence: See People v. Newton, 764 P.2d 1182, 1189 (Colo.1988) (silence of statute as to its applicability to crimes committed prior to but continuing beyond its effective date "creates an ambiguity with respect to the reach of the statute"); see also Buckley v. Chilcutt, 968 P.2d 112, 117 (Colo.1998) ("If explicit statutory provisions are ambiguous or silent regarding the matter at issue, we interpret the statute to comport with the legislature's objectives.").
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 764 P.2d 1182, 1189
citation_b.parenthetical: silence of statute as to its applicability to crimes committed prior to but continuing beyond its effective date "creates an ambiguity with respect to the reach of the statute"
citation_b.sentence: See People v. Newton, 764 P.2d 1182, 1189 (Colo.1988) (silence of statute as to its applicability to crimes committed prior to but continuing beyond its effective date "creates an ambiguity with respect to the reach of the statute"); see also Buckley v. Chilcutt, 968 P.2d 112, 117 (Colo.1998) ("If explicit statutory provisions are ambiguous or silent regarding the matter at issue, we interpret the statute to comport with the legislature's objectives.").