 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1980 - 1224 pages
...overbreadth of § 5 (a). A It is settled that, as a matter of due process, a criminal statute that "fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute," United States v. Harris*, 347 US 612, 617 (1954), or is so indefinite that "it encourages... | |
 | United States. Customs Court - 1970 - 1246 pages
...The "void for vagueness" doctrine is more generally applied in criminal cases where a statute fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by statute. Jordan v. De George, 341 US 223, 230 (1951) ; United States v. Harris* et al., 347 US 612,... | |
 | 1954 - 996 pages
...personnel." Held: The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. On the other hand, if the general class of offenses to which the statute is directed... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1954 - 42 pages
...Lobbying Act: "The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 4 - 1954 - 50 pages
...Lobbying Act: "The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct... | |
 | United States. National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws - 1970 - 796 pages
...follows : The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1976 - 1102 pages
...the First Amendment DC Code Sec. 22-2701 — soliciting for a lewd and immoral purpose, by failing to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden, and by vesting law enforcement officials with broad discretion which encourages arbitrary and erratic... | |
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The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. 
