The following excerpt is from U.S.A. v. Bronx Reptiles, 217 F.3d 82 (2nd Cir. 1998):
"The definition of the elements of a criminal offense is entrusted to the legislature, particularly in the case of federal crimes, which are solely creatures of statute." Liparota v. United States, 471 U.S. 419, 424
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