Sixth Circuit· 2/28/2005

United States v. Daahir Caseer

Citations

399 F.3d 828
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 3390
2005 WL 441567

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noting that the “‘Supplementary Information’ accompanying an agency rule is separate from the text of the rule itself and is not codified in the Code of Federal Regulations”
explaining that cathinone is an “obscure scientific term” and “the controlled substances schedule’s vagueness derives not from the language’s imprecision but rather from the schedule essentially being written in a language foreign to persons of ordinary intelligence”
keeping in mind “the common sense judgment that people do not review copies of every law passed.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
keeping in mind “the common sense judgment that people do not review copies of every law passed.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
surveying standard dictionaries to determine whether a “scientific or technical term” was sufficiently discernible to the public
rejecting the government’s arguments that the Supplementary Information and the Sentencing Guidelines cure “a vague criminal statute of its constitutional defect”

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Judges: Boggs, Moore, Holschuh

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