State v. Link

1 Citing case

  1. State v. Robinson

    618 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 2000)   Cited 44 times
    Explaining void-for-vagueness doctrine requires a criminal statute to define the offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement

    This court has recognized that "we . . . seek a reasonable interpretation and construction which will best effect the purpose of the statute, seeking to avoid absurd results." State v. Link, 341 N.W.2d 738, 740 (Iowa 1983) (citations omitted). I find that applying child pornography to the exemption does not create an absurd result for the following reasons.