State v. Maggio
Louisiana Supreme Court
432 So. 2d 854 (1983)
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The facts, issue, and rule of law for this case were not provided in the casebook excerpt; only the court's discussion of statutory-construction doctrine is available.
IssueFree
Whether Louisiana's approach to construing ambiguous criminal statutes follows the common-law rule of lenity, a liberal pro-state construction rule, or a middle-ground approach.