Kenneth Gessesse Hawthorne v. State of Florida

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• noting that the “rule of lenity applies only where a statute is found to be ambiguous upon review of the text, structure, legislative history, and policies of the statute”
• explaining that “the text of a statute must be considered in the larger context or structure of the statute in which it is found”
• indicating that “U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1 app. note 3(F) supersedes subdivision (A) of Note 3 in government benefits cases and provides the relevant definition of ‘loss’ in such cases” (emphasis added)
• reading the phrase “benefits falsely obtained” as being synonymous with the phrase “in connection with”
• “[T]he text of a statute must be considered in the larger context or structure of the statute in which it is found.”
• “We review the District Court’s application of the Guidelines to facts for abuse of discretion.”

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