Supreme Court· 5/3/1982

McElroy v. United States

Citations

455 U.S. 642
102 S. Ct. 1332
71 L. Ed. 2d 522
1982 U.S. LEXIS 1197

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rejecting a narrow reading of §2314 that was at odds with Congress’ “broad purpose” and that would “undercut sharply . . . federal prosecutors in their effort to combat crime in interstate commerce”
rejecting a narrow reading of § 2314 that was at odds with Congress' \broad purpose\ and that would \undercut sharply . . . federal prosecutors in their effort to combat crime in interstate commerce\
declining to apply rule of lenity absent “significant questions of ambiguity”
rejecting, as contrary to statute’s purpose of aiding in apprehension of criminals who misuse channels of interstate commerce, argument that federal forgery conviction must be overturned because prosecutor had failed to establish instrument was forged before transport across state lines
“While Congress could have written the statute to produce this result, there is no basis for us to adopt such a limited reading.”
question of whether goods in interstate commerce for purposes of § 2314 a jury consideration

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