United States v. Drew
United States District Court for the Central District of California
259 F.R.D. 449 (2009)
Lori Drew (defendant) and conspirators created a fake MySpace account posing as "Josh Evans" to flirt with, then emotionally torment, 13-year-old Megan Meier, ultimately telling her the world would be better without her; Megan died by suicide, and Drew's group deleted the account. Drew was charged with felony violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for using the internet to violate MySpace's terms of service while committing intentional infliction of emotional distress; the jury acquitted her of the felonies but convicted her of lesser misdemeanor CFAA violations, and Drew moved to dismiss those convictions.
Whether a defendant can be convicted of violating a statute when the statute's plain language fails to give citizens adequate notice of what conduct is illegal.