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Quotation from Robinson v. California by Supreme Court of the United States
“it is an arbitrary imposition which exceeds the power that a State may exercise in enacting its criminal law”
Robinson v. California, Concurrence of Justice Harlan (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Harlan explains his narrower ground: a conviction resting on no more than a propensity to use drugs.
Citation: "it is an arbitrary imposition which exceeds the power that a State may exercise in enacting its criminal law" — Supreme Court of the United States, Robinson v. California, Concurrence of Justice Harlan (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id robinson-v-california-q4)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart - 1976 official portrait, Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
