Falls v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of stalking, holding that a charge of stalking may be supported by conduct that is continuous in nature, even if it is a single episode.
The statutory definition of stalking requires repeated or continuing harassment. Defendant's actions that led to his conviction involved following a college student's vehicle for more than two hours as she attempted to evade him.
Even though Defendant's actions took place over the course of less than three hours the court of appeals affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence, concluding that Defendant's actions amounted to repeated or continuing harassment or impermissible contact. The Supreme Court affirmed after clarifying that a charge of stalking may be supported by conduct that is purely continuous in nature, holding that Defendant's conduct met the statutory definition of "continuing" harassment, thereby supporting his conviction for stalking.
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