Harassment Charges Lawyer in Tarrant County
Arlington, Mansfield, Keller, Southlake, Grapevine, Colleyville, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, North Richland Hills, Fort Worth Harassment Charges Attorney
If you or a loved one has been arrested, charged or are under investigation for Harassment charges in Tarrant County, a fundamental key to an effective defense of the charges is to hire an experienced criminal lawyer to represent you. Our goal in every Harassment case is to fully investigate every aspect of the case, develop an effective and aggressive defense strategy, and achieve the best possible outcome for your case.
Penalties for Harassment
If you have been charged or are under investigation for Harassment, you may be facing serious penalties. In Texas, Harassment is considered a Class B Misdemeanor and carries a possible penalty of up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,000. With over 45 years of combined legal experience in defending clients charged with Harassment charges, the criminal attorneys at Kennedy & Kennedy have the experience, knowledge, expertise, and proven record to provide our clients with the best possible defense of Harassment charges.
Fort Worth Harassment Charges Lawyer
If you or a loved one is in need of a criminal attorney for Harassment charges, contact Kennedy & Kennedy 817-460-7171 to discuss the specific facts of your Harassment case.
Tarrant County Harassment Case Results
Listed below are recent Harassment cases in Tarrant County in which the criminal defense lawyers at Kennedy & Kennedy have obtained favorable results for our clients.
Please note that these results are not indicative of a guaranteed result as every criminal case is unique and requires individual evaluation.
State of Texas v. J.C.D.
Offense: Harassment
Court: County Criminal Court 5, Tarrant County
Result: Case DISMISSED
State of Texas v. R.L.G.
Offense: Harassment
Court: County Criminal Court 5, Tarrant County
Result: Case DISMISSED
Fort Worth Harassment Charges Attorney
Tarrant County Mansfield Keller Southlake Grapevine Colleyville Hurst Euless Bedford North Richland Hills Arlington Harassment Charges Attorney
If you or a loved one is in need of a criminal defense lawyer for Harassment charges, contact Kennedy & Kennedy 817-460-7171 to discuss the specific facts of your Harassment case.
Texas Penal Code §
42.07 Harassment
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, he:
(1) initiates communication by telephone, in writing, or by electronic communication and in the course of the communication makes a comment, request, suggestion, or proposal that is obscene;
(2) threatens, by telephone, in writing, or by electronic communication, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the threat, to inflict bodily injury on the person or to commit a felony against the person, a member of his family or household, or his property;
(3) conveys, in a manner reasonably likely to alarm the person receiving the report, a false report, which is known by the conveyor to be false, that another person has suffered death or serious bodily injury;
(4) causes the telephone of another to ring repeatedly or makes repeated telephone communications anonymously or in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another;
(5) makes a telephone call and intentionally fails to hang up or disengage the connection;
(6) knowingly permits a telephone under the person's control to be used by another to commit an offense under this section; or
(7) sends repeated electronic communications in a manner reasonably likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass, or offend another.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Electronic communication" means a transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. The term includes:
(A) a communication initiated by electronic mail, instant message, network call, or facsimile machine; and
(B) a communication made to a pager.
(2) "Family" and "household" have the meaning assigned by Chapter 71, Family Code.
(3) "Obscene" means containing a patently offensive description of or a solicitation to commit an ultimate sex act, including sexual intercourse, masturbation, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus, or a description of an excretory function.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted under this section.
