Ravenbark v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Justice (Assigned).

This appeal is from a jury conviction for stalking under former section 42.07(a)(7), Texas Penal Code. 1 In one point of error, appellant claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We reverse and render a judgment of acquittal.

The statute under which appellant was convicted was declared unconstitutional for vagueness in Long v. State, 931 S.W.2d 285, 297 (Tex.Crim.App.1996). Appellant did not challenge the constitutionality of the statute in the trial court, nor did she raise the issue in her brief filed in this court November 22, 1995; nor has she…