Offenses against the Public Order (e.g. Harassment, Nuisance)
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is harassed (either “electronically” or otherwise), the State may charge a defendant with harassing if the defendant threatens the victim with physical...
View ArticleHate Crimes
IntroductionWhere a victim is specifically targeted because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical or sensory handicaps, this...
View ArticleEavesdropping
IntroductionThis provision is the state equivalent of the federal Wiretap Act. The law prohibits the use of recordings obtained through eavesdropping in litigation where those recordings were...
View ArticleStalking
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is repeatedly harassed, the State may charge a defendant with stalking. This law may apply to situations of cyberstalking and cybercrime, both of which...
View ArticleExtortion
IntroductionA person who publishes or threatens to publish intimate photos or videos of another with the intention of forcing the victim into conduct the victim would not have otherwise performed may...
View ArticleTrespass
IntroductionA WMC victim could bring a claim for criminal trespass if a defendant intrudes on his or her dwelling perhaps in an effort to stalk the victim.Text of StatuteTEX. PENAL CODE § 30.05...
View ArticleComputer-related Crimes
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is harassed electronically through computer hacking, etc., the State may charge a defendant with a computer-related crime. This statute may be...
View ArticleVoyeurism (“Improper Photography”)
IntroductionA WMC victim could press charges for voyeurism if another intentionally invades the victim’s privacy by viewing, photographing, or recording the “intimate areas” of the victim without the...
View ArticleCyberbullying
IntroductionTexas recently passed a bill to redefine cyberbullying under Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code. The bill also mandates that each school district adopt a policy of prevention, training...
View ArticleOffenses against the Public Order (e.g. Harassment, Nuisance)
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is harassed (either “electronically” or otherwise), the State may charge a defendant with harassing if the defendant threatens the victim with physical...
View ArticleHate Crimes
IntroductionWhere a victim is specifically targeted because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or mental, physical or sensory handicaps, this...
View ArticleEavesdropping
IntroductionThis provision is the state equivalent of the federal Wiretap Act. The law prohibits the use of recordings obtained through eavesdropping in litigation where those recordings were...
View ArticleStalking
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is repeatedly harassed, the State may charge a defendant with stalking. This law may apply to situations of cyberstalking and cybercrime, both of which...
View ArticleExtortion
IntroductionA person who publishes or threatens to publish intimate photos or videos of another with the intention of forcing the victim into conduct the victim would not have otherwise performed may...
View ArticleTrespass
IntroductionA WMC victim could bring a claim for criminal trespass if a defendant intrudes on his or her dwelling perhaps in an effort to stalk the victim.Text of StatuteTEX. PENAL CODE § 30.05...
View ArticleComputer-related Crimes
IntroductionIn situations in which a WMC victim is harassed electronically through computer hacking, etc., the State may charge a defendant with a computer-related crime. This statute may be...
View ArticleVoyeurism (“Improper Photography”)
IntroductionA WMC victim could press charges for voyeurism if another intentionally invades the victim’s privacy by viewing, photographing, or recording the “intimate areas” of the victim without the...
View ArticleCyberbullying
IntroductionTexas recently passed a bill to redefine cyberbullying under Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code. The bill also mandates that each school district adopt a policy of prevention, training...
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