State v. Simmons

The defendant, Harvey C. Simmons, was indicted for violating G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11- 42-2 1 in that he unlawfully and maliciously verbally threatened to expose another to disgrace and to injure the reputation of that other with the intent thereby to compel him to do an act against his will, to wit: to resign from the presidency of the Coventry Town Council. The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that it did not charge an offense under §11-42-2, and alternatively on the ground that the crime charged was unconstitutionally vague because it failed to give him…