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U.S. v. Velastegui, No. 98 CR 965 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.) (56 F.Supp.2d 313) (April 30, 1999) (Judge Shira A. Scheindlin)

Loaded on April 1, 1999 published in Punch and Jurists April 26, 1999
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Vagueness/Overbreadth.

Here the Court dismissed two money transmitting counts under 18 USC § 1960 on the grounds that the underlying State statute was unclear and therefore both the rule of lenity and the constitutional requirement of fair notice justified dismissal.

As this case shows, sometimes it is worth the effort to ...

 

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