Mary Gormley v. Director, Connecticut State Department of Probation and Attorney General of the State of Connecticut

*940TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

One of the symptoms of a sick segment of our society is the increasing frequency with which the telephone is used to harass and annoy others. Many states, as well as the federal government, have enacted statutes which make that conduct a criminal offense.

Such a statute — the Connecticut telephone harassment statute1 — is before us on the instant appeal from a judgment entered in the District of Connecticut denying appellant Mary Gormley’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The questions presented are whether that statute, under which appellant was convicted in the…