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State v. Bonner

Citations

  • 227 P.3d 1
  • 290 Kan. 290
  • 2010 Kan. LEXIS 169

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  • holding that under the rule of lenity, courts must usually \strictly construe[] a criminal statute in favor of the accused\
  • stating that strict construction 'simply means that the court reads words with their ordinary meaning,' and then decides any reasonable doubt in favor of the accused

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Judges: Luckert

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