State v. Rooks

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Ricky Rooks of criminal attempt to commit aggravated stalking. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction.1 We granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals ruling that criminal attempt to commit stalking is a legal impossibility. Because stalking is a distinct crime that is committed by the performance of specified acts, we reverse and hold that the attempt to commit the acts proscribed by the stalking statute is punishable as a criminal offense.

The evidence at trial showed that Rooks began making harassing and bizarre phone calls to his…