Justice Stewart incredulously compared the crime at the center of this case to the "crime of the common cold.
Justice Stewart incredulously compared the crime at the center of this case to the "crime of the common cold." The Supreme Court declined to use this case to invalidate a man's conviction for public intoxication in Powell v. Texas. This case held that a criminal act was necessary to charge a suspect with a crime, and that a mere state of being was insufficient. For 10 points, name this Supreme Court decision that invalidated a California law that made being a drug addict illegal.
Justice Stewart incredulously compared the crime at the center of this case to the "crime of the common cold.
Robinson v. California