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United States Vs. Lanier

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 31, 1997

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  13. U.S. 259 (1997) October Term, 1996 Syllabus United States V. Lanier
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  14. covers simple or sexual assault crimes. Invoking general interpretive canons and Screws v. United
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  15. McBoyle v. United
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  16. see Anderson v. United
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  17. and Bivens v. Six
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  18. Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388, see, e. g., Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  19. decisions gave reasonable warning that the conduct at issue violated constitutional rights. See, e. g., United States v. Guest
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  20. Invoking general canons for interpreting criminal statutes, as well as this Court's plurality opinion in Screws v. United
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  21. Screws v. United
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  22. conduct it forbids, each statute's general terms incorporate constitutional law by reference, see United States v. Kozminski
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  23. Bouie v. City
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  24. of Columbia, 378 U. S. 347, 351 (1964) (quoting United States v. Harriss
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  25. deference due to the legislature, which possesses the power to define crimes and their punishment. See United States v. Wiltberger
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  26. Connally v. General
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  27. accord, Kolender v. Lawson
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  28. Lanzetta v. New
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  29. by so resolving ambiguity in a criminal statute as to apply it only to conduct clearly covered. See, e. g., Liparota v. United
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  30. neither the statute nor any prior judicial decision has fairly disclosed to be within its scope, see, e. g., Marks v. United
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  31. Bouie, supra, at 353-354 (Ex Post Facto States v. Aguilar
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  32. clear at the relevant time that the defendant's conduct was criminal. We applied this standard in Screws v. United
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  33. case has held that the universe of relevant interpretive decisions is confined to our opinions. While United States v. Kozminski
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  34. Huddleston v. United
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  35. not from the assertions of codifiers directly at odds with clear statutory language. See, e. g., United States v. Wells
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  36. liability, see Anderson v. United
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  37. See Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  38. decisions gave reasonable warning that the conduct then at issue violated constitutional rights. See United States v. Guest
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  39. or Bivens, see Anderson v. Creighton
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  40. of conduct at issue, a very high degree of prior factual particularity may be necessary. See, e. g., Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  41. F. 3d, at 1410 (quoting K. H. Through Murphy v. Morgan
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  42. see also Colten v. Kentucky
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  43. Williams v. United
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  44. is contradicted by the language of Screws itself as well as later cases. See Screws v. United
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  45. Amendment and encompasses violations of rights guaranteed under the Due Process Clause). Second, although DeShaney v. Winnebago
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  46. committed by state officials themselves outside of a custodial setting. Third, contrary to respondent's claim, Graham v. Connor
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  47. Syllabus United States V. Lanier
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  48. and Screws v. United
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  49. Anderson v. United
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  50. Mitchell v. Forsyth
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