Legal Opinion

DeWillis v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided August 21, 1997No. 14-96-01486-CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SAM ROBERTSON, Justice (Assigned).

Appellant, Jeffrey Allen DeWillis, appeals the denial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus. In a single point of error, appellant claims Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.07 (Vernon 1994), the Texas Harass ment Statute, is unconstitutionally vague on its face in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. We affirm.

I. Background

In 1994, appellant was charged with the offenses of telephone harassment and stalking under Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 42.07(a)(4) and (a)(7)(A), respectively. Appellant received probation…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Ex Parte GranvielCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Bynum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Webb v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
  2. Weyandt v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
  3. Reyes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2003
  4. Woodson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
  5. Alexander v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2001

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