Criminal Law Simons, Volumes I and II

Resource 3 . 4 . 5

19 minutes

(REVISED) Flores-Figueroa v. United States

Michael A. Simons

Your assignment for this case is to read just the first paragraph of the opinion, and then try to answer the question for yourself: how would you resolve the statutory interpreation question? (You may, but are not required to, read the entire opinion to see how the Supreme Court resolved the question).

Supreme Court of the United States

556 U.S. 646, 173 L. Ed. 2d 853, 129 S. Ct. 1886, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3305, SCDB 2008-055

No. 08-108

2009-05-04

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