Rule of Lenity

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Legal principle invoked concerning ambiguous statutory language

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Shannon ChaseCalifornia Sixth District Court of Appeal · 6DCA Oral Argument - 2026/05/07 Afternoon Session - May 07, ... · 55:09 · 7 May
…Well, lenity and reduction of a crime or sentence, he certainly received the benefit of that.…
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Amit KurlikarSupreme Court of California · Supreme Court Oral Argument 2026-05 -06 - May 06, 2026 · 6:35:03 · 6 May
…And so finally that brings us to the rule of lenity.…
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Benjamin D. O'RourkeSupreme Court of the United States · Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) · 1:39:55 · Oct 2023
…Where fairness is at stake, whether you view that as lenity or whether you view that as the the breadth of a remedial statute, there's fairness at stake and there is somebody's liberty at stake.…
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Elizabeth PrelogarSupreme Court of the United States · Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) · 1:35:20 · Oct 2023
…The reason why we apply lenity in the first context……
Elizabeth PrelogarSupreme Court of the United States · Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) · 1:34:12 · Oct 2023
…No lenity, because that's a type that's not a penal……
Elizabeth PrelogarSupreme Court of the United States · Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) · 1:34:11 · Oct 2023
…No lenity.…
Elizabeth PrelogarSupreme Court of the United States · Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) · 1:33:51 · Oct 2023
…It would be an extension of the rule of lenity……
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