...acceptance of those words, to use them habitually." 8 This is not a case where a defendant is convicted "even though he has never touched any narcotic drug...State or been guilty of any irregular behavior there." The evidence was that appellant lived and worked in Los Angeles. He admitted before trial that he had...

...apparently an illness which may be contracted innocently or involuntarily. We hold that a state law which imprisons a person thus afflicted as a criminal, even...there, inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment in volation of the Fourteenth Amendment. To be sure, imprisonment for ninety days is not, in the abstract,...

...punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. See : Francis v. Resweber, 329 US 459." been guilty of any irregular behavior there, inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment in volation of the Fourteenth Amendment. To be sure, imprisonment for ninety days is not, in the abstract,...

...Court held that a state law which provides for imprisonment of a person afflicted with drug addiction inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. A concurring opinion fixed the principle also upon the Eighth Amendment. Once and for all, it was established...

...Court held that a state law which provides for imprisonment of a person afflicted with drug addiction inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. A concurring opinion fixed the principle also upon the Eighth Amendment. Once and for all, it was established...

...Court held that a state law which provides for imprisonment of a person afflicted with drug addiction inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. A concurring opinion fixed the principle also upon the Eighth Amendment. Once and for all, it was established...

...addict and that was all. "A State law which imprisons a person thus afflicted [with narcotic addiction] as a criminal, even though he has never touched any...inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment. . . ." In Robinson the Court said, therefore, to be is not a criminal offense ; vou have to do something. Robinson...

...Court held there that "a state law which imprisons a person thus afflicted [with narcotic addiction] as a criminal, even though he has never touched any...behavior there, inflicts a cruel and Unusual punishment . . . . " Id., at 667. . On its face the present case does not fall within that holding, since appellant...

...be with a venereal disease . . . We cannot but consider the statute before t the same category . . . "To be sure, imprisonment for ninety days is not, in the abstract, a poni; which is either cruel or unusual. But the question cannot be considered in abstract Even one...

...addict and that was all. "A State law which imprisons a person thus afflicted [with narcotic addiction] as a criminal, even though he has never touched any...inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment. . . ." In Robinson the Court said, therefore, to be is not a criminal offense ; той have to do something....