State v. Postema

Daniel Postema and Claudia Howard appeal a judgment and sentence for bookmaking on the basis that the statute under which they were charged is unconstitutionally vague. We affirm.

In late 1984, the Everett police became aware of a bookmaking operation under the code name "Hammer" allegedly operating from a telephone number belonging to Daniel Postema at 1501 Rockefeller, Everett, Washington. Posing as a bettor, an Everett police sergeant called the Postema number and talked to Claudia Howard. Howard told the sergeant that she had a "line" through Las Vegas on college football games and all the…