Former Gov. Rick Perry will face just one charge rather than two after an appellate court dismissed his charge of coercion of a public servant. Perry still faces a charge of abuse of official capacity.
The Third Court of Appeals in Austin struck down the entire coercion of a public servant statute as unconstitutional after finding it so overbroad that it would criminalize a wide range of speech protected by the First Amendment.
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