The constitutional right of free speech and address is a shield and not a constitutional sword with which to do harm to others. Therefore, the stalking penal statute in Pennsylvania is not unconstitutional as an impingement on free speech. Evidence of related prior bad acts is admissible where appellant has been charged with stalking. Introduction in evidence of prior convictions of stalking does not constitute a violation of a defendant's protection from double jeopardy. 456 Pa. Superior Ct.
Harassment is a lesser included offense of stalking.
A pattern of actions composed of more than one act over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of conduct. The term includes lewd, lascivious, threatening or obscene words, language, drawings, caricatures or actions, either in person or anonymously. A temporary or permanent state of great physical or mental strain. Family or household member. Spouses or persons who have been spouses, persons living as spouses or who lived as spouses, parents and children, other persons related by consanguinity or affinity, current or former sexual or intimate partners or persons who share biological parenthood.