Ex Parte Billy MacK Maddison

OPINION

AL SCOGGINS, Justice

Billy Mack Maddison was indicted for the felony offense of online harassment under section 33.07(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 33.07(a)(1) (West 2016). Maddison filed a pre-trial application for writ of habeas corpus in which he asserted that section 33.07 is unconstitutional because it violates- the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. Maddison requested that the trial court declare section 33.07 unconstitutional and, in turn, dismiss his indictment. The trial court…