Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Williams v. City Court of Tucson

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided April 9, 1974No. 2 CA-CIV 1513PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

Appellee Cohen was charged in City Court with a violation of the following ordinance :

“Sec. 11-33. Loitering.

A person is guilty of loitering when he: (1) Loiters, remains or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging

The city magistrate sustained the appel-lee’s attack on the constitutionality of the subject ordinance, ruling that it suffered from vagueness and overbreadth, and dismissed the complaint. This ruling was upheld by the superior court in a special action instituted by appellant, hence this appeal.

The court’s findings below that this…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  5. Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  2. People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  3. State ex rel. Juvenile Department of Multnomah County v. D.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
  4. Lambert v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. In Re Rusty Nail Acquisition, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2009

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