Lanzetta v. New Jersey

By this appeal we are called on to decide whether, by reason of vagueness and uncertainty, a recent enactment of New Jersey, § 4, c. 155, Laws 1934, is repugnant to the due_/process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It is as follows: “Any person not engaged in any lawful occupation, known to be a member of any gang consisting of two or more persons, who has been convicted at least three times of being a disorderly person, or who has been convicted ,of any crime in this or in any other State, is declared to be a gangster . . ,” Every violation is punishable by fine not exceeding $10,000 or…