Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 6/21/2007

United States v. Thomas

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65 M.J. 132
2007 CAAF LEXIS 779
2007 WL 1805152

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finding that the word “wrongful” within the wrongful use, possession, etc., of con- trolled substances offense under Article 112(a
noting that this Court has “long adhered to the principle that criminal statutes are to be strictly construed, and any ambiguity resolved in favor of the accused . . . [when] the legislative intent is ambiguous, we resolve the ambiguity in favor of the accused.”
noting rule of statutory strict construction and resolving any ambiguity in favor of accused
quoing Masters v. United States, 42 App. D.C. 350, 356 (D.C. Cir. 1914)
“We have long adhered to the principle that criminal statutes are to be strictly construed, and any ambiguity resolved in favor of the accused.”
“We have long adhered to the principle that criminal statutes are to be strictly construed, and any ambiguity resolved in favor of the accused.”

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Judges: Stucky, Effron, Erdmann, Baker, Ryan

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