Legal Opinion

People v. Weeks

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 26, 1979No. 28190PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson

This appeal was taken by the prosecution to review an order dismissing five counts of an information which charged violations of section 18-9-111 (l)(e), C.R.S. 1973 (1976 Supp.) (telephone harassment). The order was entered after the defense filed a motion asserting that the telephone harassment statute was unconstitutional on its face because it was vague and overbroad and violated the defendant’s First Amendment rights.

The defendant’s speech , was allegedly tied to a series of telephone calls to a woman in Delta, Colorado. The calls were made to the woman’s *178home and were laced with sexual…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. City of Arvada v. NissenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  2. People Ex Rel. Tooley v. Seven Thirty-Five East Colfax, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1985
  3. People v. JanousekSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  4. People v. BridgesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  5. State v. LilybladWashington Supreme Court · 2008

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