Campbell v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of harassment under V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sec. 42.07(a)(1). Punishment was assessed at 180 days in the Harris County Jail. The First Court of Appeals in Houston affirmed appellant’s conviction. Appellant, in his petition for discretionary review, contends the Houston Court of Appeals and the trial court were in error due to the existence of fundamental defects in both the misdemeanor information and the trial court’s charge to the jury.

Section 42.07, supra, provides:

“A person commits…