Kelly v. Matlock

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the rule of lenity does not apply when the statutory provisions are unambiguous
• noting that the rule of lenity provides that statutory ambiguity is resolved in favor of the defendant, who will then receive the lesser punishment
• noting that the rule of lenity provides that statutory ambiguity is resolved in favor of the defendant, who will then receive the lesser punishment
• noting that the rule of lenity provides that statutory ambiguity is resolved in favor of the defendant, who will then receive the lesser punishment
• noting that the rule of lenity provides that statutory ambiguity is “resolved in favor of the defendant, who will then receive the lesser punishment”
• noting the rule of lenity provides that statutory ambiguity is resolved in favor of the defendant, who will then receive the lesser punishment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).