Robinson v. California, No. 554 (U.S. Supreme Court) (370 U.S. 660; 82 S.Ct. 1417) (June 25, 2062) (Justice Stewart)
Here the Court held that the Eighth Amendment forbids punishment of a drug addict merely due to his status of being a drug addict; and it invalidated a California statute that made mere drug addiction a crime.
In the case the Court addressed the constitutionality of a California statute that ...
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