LUCAS v. STATE

No. CR-73-31.

494 S.W.2d 705 (1973)

Fred Carroll LUCAS and Ronnie Ray Lucas, Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Newth, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Charles A. Banks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Fred and Ray Lucas were convicted of abusive language defined as a breach of the peace under Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1412 (Repl.1964) and were sentenced to 90 days imprisonment on the Pulaski County Penal Farm. On appeal to this court they rely on a single point stated as follows:

"Ark.Stats.Ann. § 41-1412 (Repl.1964) is so vague and overbroad as to violate the freedom of speech guarantee of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the...

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