Supreme Court· 8/9/1993

Smith v. United States

Citations

508 U.S. 223
113 S. Ct. 2050
124 L. Ed. 2d 138
1993 U.S. LEXIS 3740

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holding that the exchange of a gun for narcotics constitutes a violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c)(1)
holding that a single provision of a statute should not be read in isolation, and “statutory construction ... is a holistic endeavor”
holding that court need not “determine precise contours” of statutory term where defendant’s conduct “meets any reasonable construction of [that term]”
holding that “a criminal who trades his firearm for drugs ‘uses’ it during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense within the meaning of § 924(c)(1)”
holding that trading drugs for firearms constitutes “use” of the firearms
Noting that the possibility of articulating a narrower construction of a statute does not make the rule of lenity applicable

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