Atchison v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was accused of the offense of making “harassing telephone calls,” a misdemeanor, in that on January 4, 1986, he used threatening language of “I’m going to rape you” in a telephone call to another. A jury convicted defendant of the crime charged. He was sentenced to confinement for a period of 12 months and he appealed. Error is enumerated upon the general grounds and the trial court’s charge on the law of circumstantial evidence. Held:

1. The following evidence was adduced upon the trial of the case: The victim began receiving obscene telephone calls in the…