Legal Opinion
Knowlton v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 6, 1969PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARDEN, Justice.
On report, arising from a petition for post-conviction relief, to determine the constitutional validity of that portion of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3758 1 which purports to make an offense of being “idle and disorderly persons having no visible means of support, neglecting all lawful calling or employment,” under which petitioner was convicted and sentenced to an indeterminate period at the Women’s Correctional Center. The facts from which the conviction resulted are not before us.
Specifically the validity of the quoted portion of the statute is questioned under the provisions of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Landry v. DaleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
- Alegata v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- State v. AucoinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- S S v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- State v. DenisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
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