Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville

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• holding that vagrancy ordinance was void for vagueness because it failed to give persons of ordinary intelligence notice of the forbidden conduct
• holding that vagrancy ordinance was void for vagueness because it failed to give persons of ordinary intelligence notice of the forbidden conduct
• holding that due process requires that criminal statutes give fair notice of the activity that is outlawed
• holding that due process requires that criminal statutes give fair notice of the activity that is outlawed
• holding that a criminal statute is void for vagueness if “it ‘fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute’ ”
• holding that a municipal ordinance is void for vagueness if it fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his actions are prohibited or if it encourages arbitrary and erratic arrests and convictions

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