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U.S. v. HILL

No. 19-1003.

963 F.3d 528 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tramain HILL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sean R. Tilton , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Davin M. Reust , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sean R. Tilton , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Davin M. Reust , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

MURPHY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COLE, C.J., joined. SILER, J. (pp. 538-39), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

In the interpretation of a legal text, as in an ordinary conversation, the way in which a drafter (or speaker) uses an indeterminate word is critical for deciding the word's meaning on a particular occasion. That is true for the phrase we must interpret in this case...

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