Legal Opinion
State v. Cota
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided November 24, 1965No. 1615PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNSTEIN, Justice.
Pursuant to Rule 346, Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S., the Superior Court of *234Pima County certified this case to us to .determine the constitutionality of Chapter ¡18, § 23(a)' of the Code of the City of Tucson found in the 1965 Tucson City Code under Chapter 11, § 28(1) as follows:
“Chapter -11-28 Indecency, lewdness— Acts prohibited. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:
§ 11-28(1). Aides, offers or agrees to commit or commits any lewd or indecent act. * * * ”
The question is whether the quoted ordinance is void because of “indefiniteness or uncertainty”.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. PetrilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HeinbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- District of Columbia v. WaltersDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. HankinsArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- Rodgers v. RayCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
- State v. CotaArizona Supreme Court · 1965
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