In Owens v. State, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a meaningful opinion that pushes back against the broad use of one portion of Texas’s harassment statute, specifically Penal Code §42.07(a)(7). This case marks an important potential shift in how courts will evaluate harassment prosecutions, especially when electronic communications and the First Amendment intersect. Background: TheContinue reading “Owens v. State: Harassment Law, Free Speech, and Future Prosecutions in Texas”
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