Legal Opinion
State v. Sahady
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 5, 1997No. 96-409-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
Pursuant to a question certified here by a justice of the Superior Court pursuant to G.L.1956 § 9-24-27, this Court has been asked to determine whether G.L.1956 § 11-47-52 1 is unconstitutionally vague in violation of the due process clauses of the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We conclude that it is not.
The defendant, Paul M. Sahady, was arrested on October 26,1995, and subsequently charged with carrying a firearm while intoxicated in violation of § 11-47-52. He moved to certify the aforementioned question, and pursuant to our…
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- State v. AutheletSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
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- State v. FonsecaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
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