Legal Opinion
United States v. Tami M. Lecoe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1991No. 90-30156PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the sentencing provision of the statute criminalizing forged endorsements of United States Treasury checks, 18 U.S.C. § 510, is sufficiently ambiguous to warrant application of the rule of lenity.
I
Tami LeCoe is the second wife of Joseph E. LeCoe, a naval recruiter in Boise, Idaho. She married Joseph on April 1, 1983, two months after his divorce from his first wife, Pamela J. LeCoe.
The decree finalizing the divorce of Joseph and Pamela required Joseph to make eight monthly payments of $400 each to Pamela for her share of his military…
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