KRAMER v. PRICE

No. 82-1185.

712 F.2d 174 (1983)

Shirley KRAMER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Tom PRICE, Judge, County Criminal Court No. 5, and Carl Thomas, Sheriff, Dallas County, Texas, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Becker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellants.

Paul H. Chitwood, Dallas, Tex., for petitioner-appellee.

Before WISDOM, RUBIN and TATE, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus requires us to decide whether the Texas Harassment Statute under which the petitioner was convicted is void for vagueness in violation of the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. We conclude that it is and affirm.

I.

Shirley Kramer, the petitioner, was tried by a jury in state court and found guilty of harassment. Kramer and John Keiser lived...

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