People v. Petion

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “rule of lenity requires ambiguous criminal laws to be interpreted in favor of the defendants subjected to them”
• stating that a statutory term must be read \as it is used in the federal ... statute\
• explaining that Clark \held that the meaning of words in a statute cannot change with the statute's application\
• noting the term \proceeds\ can be defined through dictionary definitions as either \receipts\ or \profits\
• noting the term “proceeds” can be defined through dictionary definitions as either “receipts” or “profits”
• noting the term “proceeds” can be defined through dictionary definitions as either “receipts” or “profits”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).