Columbus v. Kim
Supreme Court of Ohio
886 N.E.2d 217 (2008)
Relevant factsFree
Rebecca Kim (defendant) was cited after her dog barked loudly and continuously in her backyard for over an hour, audible over a neighbor's lawn mower and from inside his closed, air-conditioned home; a veterinarian corroborated the duration during a house call. The trial court convicted Kim of harboring an unreasonably loud or disturbing animal, and though the court of appeals affirmed, it certified a conflict with a prior appellate decision, prompting Ohio Supreme Court review of Kim's vagueness challenge.
IssueFree
Whether a city ordinance is constitutional if it contains sufficient standards to place a person of ordinary intelligence on notice of the prohibited conduct.
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