The following excerpt is from U.S. v. DeLeon, 955 F.2d 1346 (9th Cir. 1992):
Having determined that sections 841(b)(1)(B) and 802(16) are not ambiguous, we need not apply the "rule of lenity" as articulated in Rewis v. United States, 401 U.S. 808, 812, 91 S.Ct. 1056, 1059, 28 L.Ed.2d 493 (1971) (ambiguity in criminal statutes should be construed in favor of the defendant).
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