Criminal Law: Sentencing-Career Offender-Rule of Lenity

May 8, 2020 Comments Off on Criminal Law: Sentencing-Career Offender-Rule of Lenity

Where a defendant challenged the application of a career offender enhancement at sentencing, the defendant did not show that the rule of lenity was triggered on plain error review, so the district court properly applied the enhancement. Judgment is affirmed. ...

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Criminal Law: Sex Offender-Illegal Residence-Rule of Lenity

April 27, 2020 Comments Off on Criminal Law: Sex Offender-Illegal Residence-Rule of Lenity

Where a registered sex offender challenged a guilty verdict on a charge of residing within 1,000 feet of a school, arguing that under the rule of lenity the distance between his home and the school was more than 1,000 feet ...

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