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PEOPLE v. MIRMIRANI

Docket No. Crim. 21945.

30 Cal.3d 375 (1981)

636 P.2d 1130

178 Cal. Rptr. 792

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHAHRAM MIRMIRANI, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, District Attorney, Donald J. Kaplan, Harry B. Sondheim and Roderick W. Leonard, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Dennis A. Fischer, George H. Meyerhoff and Melissa Hill, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and John Denvir as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Are Penal Code sections 422 and 422.5,1 which make it a felony to threaten to commit certain crimes "in order to achieve social or political goals," unconstitutionally vague?

I.

On May 1, 1979, Shahram Mirmirani walked into the Van Nuys police station in Los Angeles and spoke with Police Officer Charles Meter. In testimony at the preliminary examination, Meter described...

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