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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">6</A>-00<A NAME="2">497</A>-CR</CENTER>
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<CENTER><A NAME="3">Paul Atkinson</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>The State of Texas, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE <A NAME="4"></A>COUNTY<A NAME="5"></A> COURT AT LAW NO. 3 OF TRAVIS COUNTY</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="6">441327</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="7">DAVID CRAIN</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">A jury found appellant guilty of "stalking" and assessed punishment at incarceration for
thirty days and a $500 fine.  Act of March 10, 1993, 73d Leg., R.S., ch. 10, § 1, 1993 Tex. Gen. Laws
46 (Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.07(a)(7), since amended and renumbered as §&nbsp;42.071).  Following
appellant's conviction, section 42.07(a)(7) was declared unconstitutionally vague on its face.  <EM>Long v.
State</EM>, 931 S.W.2d 285, 297 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996).  Appellant raises the constitutionality of the statute
as his first point of error, and the State concedes error.  Because section 42.07(a)(7) was void from its
inception, appellant's conviction cannot stand.  <EM>Golson v. State</EM>, 931 S.W.2d 705 (Tex. App.--Corpus
Christi 1996, no pet.).</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">The judgment of conviction is reversed and the information is ordered dismissed.</SPAN></P>

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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Before Justices Powers, Jones and Kidd</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Reversed and Ordered Dismissed</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Filed:   June 5, 1997</SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: CG Times Regular">Do Not Publish</SPAN></P>

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