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4 C. L. Dig. 1 (1974)

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trators and attorneys. Published bimonthly by The National
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Vol. 4, No. 1 -  January, 1974                         Thoms E. Blckwel, Editor
CAMPUS SECURITY
California
Braxton v. Municipal Court for the City and County of
San Francisco, 100 Cal. Rptr. 511 (1972); affirmed, 109 Cal.
Rptr. 897 (1973). Seven individuals, charged with misde-
meanors for having entered upon the campus of San Francisco
State College after they had been notified that consent for
their entry had been withdrawn, filed a petition for a writ
of prohibition on the ground that the wording of the statute
under which they were charged is unconstitutionally vague and
uncertain. The trial court rejected their petition.
A state court of appeals, in affirming the decision below,
held that the statute in question, providing that the chief
administrator of a college, or one designated by him to main-
tain order on the campus, may notify a person of the withdrawal
of consent to remain on campus whenever there is reasonable
cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the
ordinary operations of such campus, is not unconstitutionally
vague and uncertain.
The California Supreme Court, in affirming the decision of
the state court of appeals, construed the statute to apply to
physically disruptive conduct that not only constitutes a
substantial and material threat to the ordinary college opera-
tions in an emergency setting, but which also violates other
criminal laws.
The court also read into the statute the following pro-
cedural due process requirements: (1) a notice of a hearing
except in special emergencies; (2) a post-banishment hearing
within seven days if the excluded individual requests one;
(3) for eventual conviction, not only the forbidden trespass,
but also the criminal character of the conduct that initiated
the initial order of exclusion, must be proved beyond a reasonable
doubt.

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