Void for Vagueness Doctrine

UNITED STATES v. DAVIS, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)

Issues: Void for Vagueness Doctrine

139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019) 588 U.S. ___ UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Maurice Lamont DAVIS and Andre Levon Glover. No. 18-431.Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 17, 2019.Decided June 24, 2019. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. Counsel Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, […]

BECKLES v. UNITED STATES, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Retroactivity, Sentencing, Void for Vagueness Doctrine

NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]

PAPACHRISTOU v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, 405 U.S. 156 (1972)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Void for Vagueness Doctrine

405 U.S. 156 92 S.Ct. 839 31 L.Ed.2d 110 Margaret PAPACHRISTOU et al., Petitioners,v.CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. No. 70?5030. Argued Dec. 8, 1971. Decided Feb. 24, 1972. Syllabus The Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance, under which petitioners were convicted, is void for vagueness, in that it ‘fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his […]