Restraints on Statutory Construction
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Rule of Lenity
In the case of an ambiguous statute, statute should be construed in favor of defendant
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Rule of Legality
No ex post facto criminalization
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Specificity
Statute must be sufficiently specific
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LLS statutory construction constraints
Legality, Lenity, Specificity
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