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People v. Latsis
Supreme Court of Colorado (1978) | 578 P.2d 1055; 195 Colo. 411; 1978 Colo. LEXIS 649
TL;DR: The Colorado Supreme Court upheld the state's criminal solicitation statute against a vagueness challenge, ruling that requiring "circumstances strongly corroborative of that intent" is a constitutional evidentiary standard for the jury, not an impermissibly vague element of the crime.
Legal Significance: This case clarifies that a legislature can require a heightened evidentiary standard for inchoate crimes like solicitation to protect against convicting individuals for jest or idle talk, without rendering the statute unconstitutionally vague or improperly delegating legislative power to the judiciary.