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Does anyone know of a case addressing the applicable limitations period for stalking? I'm trying to charge a series of acts that began in early 2010 and continued through the end of last year. Some of the acts occurred more than three years ago, and I do not see any special exceptions in the code for stalking (unlike continuous sexual abuse). So is it three years from the date of the first occasion, or three years from the last?
 
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If a statute requires a continuing course of conduct, then the crime is not complete (chargeable) until the course is complete. By analogy: Tita, 267 S.W.3d 33; Vincent, 945 S.W.2d 348; Howlett, 900 S.W.2d 937.
 
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