City of Akron v. Rasdan

Reece, Judge.

Appellant and cross-appellee, the city of Akron, appeals from a judgment of the Akron Municipal Court finding the knife provision in Akron Codified Ordinances (“ACO”) 137.02(A) (“Akron knife provision”) unconstitutional on its face. While we agree with the judgment of the municipal court and, therefore, affirm, we do not agree with the municipal court’s conclusion that the Akron knife provision is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Rather, because the Akron knife provision criminalizes an unreasonable amount of inherently innocent activity, and because prohibiting so much…