What is the test for a reasonable degree of certainty in the meaning of the word "prohibited conduct"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ellison, 68 Cal.App.4th 203, 80 Cal.Rptr.2d 120 (Cal. App. 1998):
However, only a reasonable degree of certainty is required. The fact that a term is somewhat imprecise does not itself offend due process. Rather, so [68 Cal.App.4th 208] long as the language sufficiently warns of the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and experience, the statute is not unconstitutionally vague. (People v. Green (1991) 227 Cal.App.3d 692, 698-699, 278 Cal.Rptr. 140.)
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