State Ex Rel. Morgan v. Trent

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• holding that rule of lenity applies when courts construe ambiguous criminal statutes
• holding that rule of lenity applies when courts construe ambiguous criminal statutes
• concluding that although the rule of lenity requires ambiguous language in a criminal statute to be strictly construed, it does not foreclose the Court from considering the particular statutory language and the design of the statute as a whole, its object, and policy
• “‘[L]egislatures, not courts, define criminal liability[.]’” (quoting Crandon v. United States, 494 U.S. 152, 158 (1990
• \`\`In ascertaining legislative intent, effect must be given to each part of the statute and to the statute as a whole so as to accomplish the general purpose of the legislation.'\'\ (citations omitted)

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