Legal Opinion
People v. McBurney
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 22, 1988No. 86SC431PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOLLACK, Justice.
This appeal concerns the validity of Colorado's telephone harassment statute, section 18 — 9—11 l(l)(e), 8B C.R.S. (1986). The Arapahoe County District Court affirmed the county court’s dismissal of one count of telephone harassment against Anselmo Stephen McBumey on the ground that the statute was unconstitutional on its face because of vagueness and overbreadth. 1 We reverse.
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On December 5, 1984, Elaine McBurney was at work when the telephone rang. As she answered it, the caller hung up. This happened to her seven more times that day, and had allegedly occurred often in the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- People v. CastroSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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3Cited by29 opinions
- People v. CzemerynskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- People v. ZapotockySupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- People v. HickmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- Galloway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- People v. GrossSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
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