Harris County Criminal Lawyer for Silent or Abusive Calls to 911 Service


Houston Criminal Lawyer

Harris County Criminal Defense Trial Attorney James Sullivan represents people charged will all kinds of criminal offenses, including Silent or Abusive Calls to 9-1-1 Service. 

James Sullivan graduated from Baylor University in 1990 with a degree in Journalism, the ideal degree for investigating, discovering and telling winning stories in court. In 1993, Sullivan graduated from South Texas College of Law, which is nationally recognized as the top law school for trial advocacy.
James Sullivan later graduated from Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. Founded in 1994, it is the most selective and prestigious trial advocacy program in America. The methods taught at TLC are not taught anywhere else. The 1,150 graduates form an extremely unique community of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the United States. 
If you need a Harris county criminal defense lawyer, call James Sullivan at 281-546-6428 for a free consultation.
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Sec. 42.061.  SILENT OR ABUSIVE CALLS TO 9-1-1 SERVICE.  (a)  In this section “9-1-1 service” and “public safety answering point” or “PSAP” have the meanings assigned by Section 772.001, Health and Safety Code.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person makes a telephone call to 9-1-1 when there is not an emergency and knowingly or intentionally:(1)  remains silent;  or(2)  makes abusive or harassing statements to a PSAP employee.(c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly permits a telephone under the person’s control to be used by another person in a manner described in Subsection (b).(d)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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