Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided September 17, 1975No. F-74-648, F-74-650Published

1Opinion

OPINION ON REHEARING

BUSSEY, Judge:

Upon petition for rehearing, the appellants in part contend that this Court erred in the decision previously rendered herein on September 17, 1975, regarding the constitutionality of 21 O.S.Supp.1974, §§ 701.5 *592and 701.6.1 Appellants assert that by failing- to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the Legislature as clearly expressed in those statutes our interpretation defeated the Legislative intent and was not in accord with fundamental rules of statutory construction. Conceiving our holding to have turned upon those statutes being fatally vague and…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  3. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973

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