· 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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