Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Billy MacK Maddison

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided April 26, 2017No. 10-16-00081-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-16-00081-CR EX PARTE BILLY MACK MADDISON From the 19th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2014-1607-C1A OPINION Billy Mack Maddison was indicted for the felony offense of online harassment under section 33.07(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 33.07(a)(1) (West 2016). Maddison filed a pre-trial application for writ of habeas corpus in which he asserted that section 33.07 is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Dormant Commerce Clause of the United States…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. Reed v. Town of GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 2015

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