State v. Smedes

How courts have described this case

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

• “The underlying principle is that all are entitled to be informed as to what the state commands or forbids and no one should be required, at peril of life, liberty or property, to speculate as to the meaning of penal statutes.”
• “The standard of certainty required is higher in statutes punishing for offenses than in the case of those depending primarily upon civil sanctions for enforcement. And it is especially high where the offense lies in an area affecting freedom of expression”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).