grievous-ambiguity
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5782 | Tyrone Robinson, aka Tyrone R. Robinson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-10-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | controlled-substance federal-law grievous-ambiguity rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation | Whether the meaning of the term 'controlled substance' in the Sentencing Guidelines includes any substance prohibited by state law, or instead only th… |
| 22-6002 | Charles Morgan, Jr. v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-11-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | ambiguity-standard criminal-statute criminal-statutes grievous-ambiguity gundy-v-united-states liberty-deprivation nondelegation nondelegation-doctrine rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent | Whether the rule of lenity should apply to all ambiguous criminal statutes or only to those that are 'grievously' ambiguous |