People of the City of Grand Rapids v. Theodore Hugh Smith

These consolidated appeals by leave granted 1 arise from alleged violations of a Grand Rapids noise ordinance. Defendants John F. Gasper and Theodore H. Smith appeal an order of the circuit court reversing the district court’s order dismissing their cases on the basis that § 9.63(3) of the city’s Noise Control Ordinance 2 was unconstitutionally vague. Defendant Franklin D. Lehnen, Jr., appeals the order of the circuit court reversing the district court’s ruling concerning jury instructions in his criminal prosecution for a violation of § 9.63(3). We reverse the circuit court’s order regarding…