State v. Falcone

[¶ 21] Because this Court admits that domicile is a “somewhat elusive concept,” see Margani v. Sanders, 453 A.2d 501, 503 (1982), yet by this decision authorizes the State to employ this murky concept to charge people with crimes, I respectfully dissent.

[¶ 22] Criminal statutes must “define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited .... ” State v. McLaughlin, 2002 ME 55, ¶ 9, 794 A.2d 69, 72 (quotation marks omitted); see also Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville, 405 U.S. 156, 162, 92 S.Ct. 839, 31 L.Ed.2d 110 (1972)…