What is the current state of the law on "ambiguity" between criminal statutes and the federal criminal code?
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The following excerpt is from Golb v. Attorney Gen. of State, 870 F.3d 89 (2nd Cir. 2017):
"ambiguity concerning the ambit of criminal statutes should be resolved in favor of lenity." Rewis v. United States, 401 U.S. 808, 812, 91 S.Ct. 1056, 28 L.Ed.2d 493 (1971).
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