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· 7/1/1880

McCreary v. Marston

Citations

  • 56 Cal. 403
  • 1880 Cal. LEXIS 417

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Georgia’s reckless driving statute (now Ga. Code Ann. § 40-6-390), which is similar in substance to the Virginia statute, is not unconstitutionally vague
  • “A criminal statute is sufficiently definite if its terms furnish a test based on normal criteria which men of common intelligence who come in contact with the statute may use with reasonable safety in determining its command”
  • “A criminal statute is sufficiently definite if its terms furnish a test based on normal 5 criteria which men of common intelligence who come in contact with the statute may use with reasonable safety in determining its command”
  • upholding the constitutionality of the predecessor “reckless driving” statute
  • upholding the constitutionality of the predecessor \reckless driving\ statute

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Judges: Sharpstein

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