Ambiguous Virginia criminal statutes

Lenity rule protects criminal defendants against unconstitutional ambiguity

March 7, 2022

Lenity is a rule (ROL) of criminal law that "any reasonable doubt about the application of a penal law must be resolved in favor of liberty." Woodson v. United States, ___U.S. ___ (March 7, 2022) (Gorsuch, J., concurring). Put another way by the Virginia Supreme...

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Ambiguous Virginia criminal statutes

Lenity rule protects criminal defendants against unconstitutional ambiguity

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