...a criminal conviction. "It is a basic principle of due process that a criminal statute must give a person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited so that he can act accordingly. A statute will be void for vagueness if its prohibitions are not clearly defined....

...19751 LAW REFORM 241 sumc tlmt man is free to steer between lawful and unlawful conduct, we insist I he laws give the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know wlmt is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly. Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing...

...of due process that an enactment is void for vagueness if its prohibitions are not clearly defined. Vague laws offend several important values. First,...prohibited, so that he may act accordingly. Vague Xaws may trap the innocent by not providing fair warning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement...

...of due process that an enactment is void for vagueness if its prohibitions are not clearly defined. Vague laws offend several important values. First,...Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fairwarning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide...

...man is free to steer between lawful i Connolly v. General Construction Co., 269 US 385, 395 (1926) and unlawful conduct, we insist that laws give the...Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fairwarning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide...

...man is free to steer between lawful 1 Connolly v. General Construction Co., 269 US 385, 395 (1926) and unlawful conduct, we insist that laws give the...Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fairwarning. Second, if arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement is to be prevented, laws must provide...

...void for vagueness if its prohibitions are not clearly def ined. . . [W] e insist that laws give a person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited, so that he can act accordingly... A vague law impermissibly delegates basic policy matters to policemen, judges...

...decision," upholding the constitutionality of the statute, and searching for a standard which "gives the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity...what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly."" In this way, the appeals court attempted to insert some fiber into the gratuities standard so that...

...decision,14 upholding the constitutionality of the statute, and searching for a standard which "gives the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly."11 In this way, the appeals court attempted to insert some fiber into the gratuities standard...

...F.3d 1324, 1328-1329 (DC Cir. 1995). "A regulation is unconstitutionally vague if it fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited." Thomas v. Hinson, 74 F.3d 888, 889 (8th Cir. 1996). We cannot say that § 429.75, and in particular...