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· 8/22/2023

Walter Smith v. State of Mississippi

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “If a harmonizing interpretation is possible, that is the proper one . . . .”
  • stating lenity applies only when a Guideline has “grievous ambiguity”

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