Wolf v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “specific conduct is considered a criminal offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 330 - State v. Miller · 2019 OK CR 27 - BURNS v. STATE

2. “establishe[d] a registry of persons convicted of various methamphetamine crimes, and applie[d] to all persons convicted after November 1, 2010, and all persons on probation for any specified offense as of that date. Upon conviction, the district court clerk [wa]s required to send the name of the offender to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OSBNDD), which maintains the registry. A person subject to the registry is prohibited from buying pseudoephedrine. Every pharmacist or other person who sells, manufactures or distributes pseudoephedrine must check the registry at each purchase, and deny the sale to any person on the list.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 330 - State v. Miller

3. “[t]aken together, Lambert and Liparota suggest that, while a legislature may criminalize conduct in itself, with no intent requirement, the legislature must make some provision to inform a person that the conduct, as applied to her, is criminal. This is particularly important where the conduct in question is otherwise legal. This is precisely the circumstance here: some convicted felons are prohibited from purchasing pseudoephedrine, while others, along with the general population, are not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 330 - State v. Miller