The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of Justice SCALIA, with whom Justice THOMAS joins, respecting the denial of certiorari.
A court owes no deference to the prosecution's interpretation of a criminal law. Criminal statutes "are for the courts, not for the Government, to construe."
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