State v. Carpenter’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “had a clearly definable meaning and thus the statute in which it was contained was not unconstitutionally vague. Due to the word's accepted meaning, the accused would be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him and would be afforded fair notice of the conduct proscribed by the statute. The same cannot be said about the word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Defrances

2. “of an offense under the state constitution will also ordinarily fail to provide the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 363 So. 2d 696 - State v. Gisclair