Supreme Court· 12/3/1990
Moskal v. United States
Citations
- 498 U.S. 103
- 111 S. Ct. 461
- 112 L. Ed. 2d 449
- 1990 U.S. LEXIS 6119
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- holding that \differences in judicial interpretation of a statute\ do not prove \the statute's ambiguity\
- holding that the rule of lenity is not triggered because it is “possible to articulate” a narrower construction of a statute
- holding that the rule of lenity is not triggered because it is “possible to articulate” a narrower construction of a statute
- holding that a motor vehicle title duly issued by a state, but containing an apocryphal mileage figure, can be considered “falsely made” within the contemplation of an analogous criminal statute
- recognizing that words are to be given their ordinary meaning, in context of the statute overall
- holding that the rule of lenity is not triggered because it is “possible to articulate” a narrower construction of a statute
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Judges: Blackmun, Marshall, Rehnquist, Scalia, White
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