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Parkus v. State

Supreme Court of Nevada
Oct 18, 1972
501 P.2d 1039 (Nev. 1972)

Opinion

No. 6823

October 18, 1972

Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Joseph S. Pavlikowski, Judge.

Robert G. Legakes, Public Defender, and Michael A. Cherry, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant. Robert List, Attorney General, Roy A. Woofter, District Attorney, and Charles L. Garner, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.


OPINION


This appeal is without merit. Appellant claims that the wording of NRS 205.130(1), which states that one who passes checks with no account or insufficient funds "shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless such instrument, or a series of such instruments passed in the state during a period of 90 days, is in the amount of $100 or more, in which case such person shall be guilty of a felony. . . .", is unconstitutionally vague.

It is appellant's position that the statute fails to clearly indicate whether felony liability is imposed if one check is over $100 or when multiple checks totaled together exceed $100.

We find that men of ordinary intelligence would read this statute as imposing felony liability in either case. We therefore hold that NRS 205.130(1) is not vague and unconstitutional.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Parkus v. State

Supreme Court of Nevada
Oct 18, 1972
501 P.2d 1039 (Nev. 1972)
Case details for

Parkus v. State

Case Details

Full title:EDWARD HERBERT PARKUS, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, RESPONDENT

Court:Supreme Court of Nevada

Date published: Oct 18, 1972

Citations

501 P.2d 1039 (Nev. 1972)
501 P.2d 1039

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