U.S. v. Lanier, No. 95-1717 (U.S. Supreme Court) (520 U.S. 259; 117 S.Ct. 1219) (March 31, 1997) (Justice Souter)
In its decision, the Court explained the rule of lenity as one of three manifestitations of the constitutional requirement that criminal statutes provide fair warning and the standard is whether the statute made clear that the conduct was criminal.
Respondent David Lanier, a state judge, was convicted under 18 U.S.C. ...
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