Legal Opinion

Provo City v. Thompson

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided March 7, 2002No. 20000071-CAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ORME, Judge.

T1 Defendant Sean G. Thompson appeals from a bench trial conviction of telephone harassment, a class B misdemeanor, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-201 (1999), as adopted by Provo City. Defendant argues that section 76-9-201 is both unconstitutionally overbroad and unconstitutionally vague. He also argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We conclude that portions of section 76-9-201 are indeed facially overbroad. However, we affirm defendant's conviction because we conclude that the portion of subsection 76-9-201(1)(b) most applicable to defendant's…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Provo City Corp. v. ThompsonUtah Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Lehi City v. RickabaughCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2021
  3. American Fork City v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2011

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