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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