Baruth v. O'Toole

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• stating that the rule of lenity is applied to resolve ambiguity in sentencing
• responding to the dissent’s criticism that the Court’s ruling gave sweeping effect to a “technical amendment.”
• stating the rule of lenity commands that courts interpret ambiguous criminal statutes in favor of the defendant
• rejecting the idea that “the statutory character of a specific penalty provision gives it primacy over administrative sentencing guidelines,” noting “the mandate to apply the Guidelines is itself statutory” (citing 18 U.S.C. § 3553(b)
• noting the applicability of the rule of lenity to statutory punishments
• rule of lenity reserved for \those situations in which a reasonable doubt persists about a statute's intended scope\ [internal quotation marks omitted]

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