1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 365 S.E.2d
  5. 365 S.E.2d 317 (1988)
 

STATE v. WORTHINGTON

No. 878SC615.

365 S.E.2d 317 (1988)

STATE of North Carolina v. Chester Don WORTHINGTON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Issac T. Avery, III, Raleigh, for the State.

Underwood & Leech by David A. Leech, and Ward and Smith by Robert D. Rouse, Jr., Greenville, for defendant-appellee.

EAGLES, Judge.

Principles of "due process" require courts to declare a criminal statute unconstitutionally vague if the statute fails to clearly define what is prohibited. Grayned v. City of Rockford, 408 U.S. 104, 92 S.Ct. 2294, 33 L.Ed.2d 222 (1972); State v. Evans, 73 N.C. App. 214, 326 S.E.2d 303 (1985). A statute is "void for vagueness" if it forbids or requires doing an act in...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases