United States v. Tim M. Barcock

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• holding that, in light of \an inadvertent change\ by Congress when reorganizing and renumbering the statute, 2 U.S.C. sec. 441(b) was not to be interpreted to mean that a misdemeanor violation under sec. 440 precluded being sentenced to imprisonment
• “a provision which is the result of obvious mistake should not be given effect, particularly when it ‘overrides common sense and evident statutory purpose’ ” (citation omitted)

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