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· 7/5/2013

NATHAN, DESHEQUAN L., PEOPLE v

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  • \The rule of lenity requires that language in a criminal statute open to more than one reasonable interpretation be applied to the defendant's advantage.\
  • \The rule of lenity requires that language in criminal statutes open to more than one reasonable interpretation be applied to the defendant's advantage.\
  • \The rule of lenity requires that language in criminal statutes open to more than one reasonable interpretation be applied to the defendant's advantage.\
  • in pari materia canon 6 \calls for reading an ambiguous statute in a way that harmonizes its language and operation with related statutes\

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