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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Commonwealth v. Cotto.

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1 Commonwealth v. Cotto Anchor
pa · 2000
green “so vague that persons of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application.” 4
2 Commonwealth v. Mayfield
pa · 2003
green “it may not be enforced against anyone until it is narrowed to reach only unprotected activity.” 3
3 Commonwealth v. Ickes
pa · 2005
green “court's first task is to determine whether the enactment reaches a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct.” 3

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