Robinson V California
Robinson v. California - Case Summary and Case Brief - Legal Dictionary
A California state statute prohibited a person from being an addict. Robinson, a California resident, was charged under the statute. Months before his conviction, an officer noticed needle marks on Robinson’s arms and in response, Robinson admitted to earlier use. The judge instructed the jury that they had the discretion to convict Robinson if they found he had a drug addiction.
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Robinson v. California - Wikipedia
Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, is the first landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution was interpreted to prohibit criminalization of particular acts or conduct, as contrasted with prohibiting the use of a particular form of punishment for a crime. In Robinson, the Court struck down a California law that criminalized being addicted to narcotics.
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Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962) - Justia Law
Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962) Opinions Audio & Media Syllabus Case Justia Opinion Summary and Annotations Annotation Primary Holding It is unconstitutional for a state to punish a defendant for drug addiction, which is a status rather than an act, when the defendant has not engaged in any illegal conduct involving drugs in the state.
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Robinson v. California | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
A California statute makes it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for any person to "be addicted to the use of narcotics," and, in sustaining petitioner's conviction thereunder, the California courts construed the statute as making the "status" of narcotic addiction a criminal offense for which the offender may be prosecuted "at any time before he reforms," even though he has never used or possessed any narcotics within the State and has not been guilty of any antisocial behavior there.
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Robinson v. California | Case Brief for Law Students
The Defendant, Robinson (Defendant), was convicted by a jury under a California statute making it a criminal offense to be addicted to the use of narcotics. Synopsis of Rule of Law. A law making a criminal offense of a disease, namely drug addiction, is an infliction of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution (Constitution).
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ROBINSON v. CALIFORNIA | FindLaw
California has found otherwise after a study which I suggest was more extensive than that conducted by the Court. [370 U.S. 660, 683] Even in California's program for hospital commitment of nonvolitional narcotic addicts - which the majority approves - it is recognized that some addicts will not respond to or do not need hospital treatment. As to these persons its provisions are identical to those of 11721 - confinement for a period of not less than 90 days.
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Robinson v. California - Criminal, Court, Narcotics, and ... - JRank
In Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S. Ct. 1417, 8 L. Ed. 2d 758 (1962), the U.S. Supreme Court made two landmark rulings on the scope and meaning of the CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS CLAUSE of the EIGHTH AMENDMENT to the U.S. Constitution.
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Lawrence ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Lawrence ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA. No. 554. Argued April 17, 1962. Decided June 25, 1962. S. Carter McMorris, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. William E. Doran, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee. Mr. Justice STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. 1
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Robinson v. California – full text – Mental Health PDX
Full Text of Case U.S. Supreme Court Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962) Robinson v. California Argued April 17, 1962 Decided June 25, 1962 APPEAL FROM THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Syllabus
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Robinson Appellee California Location Place of arrest Docket no. 554 Decided by Warren Court Lower court State appellate court Citation 370 US 660 (1962) Argued Apr 17, 1962 Decided Jun 25, 1962 Facts of the case A jury found defendant guilty under a California statute that criminalized being addicted to narcotics.
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