Should I be weary of legal action if I accidentally pocket dialed my ex who had the police give me a warning for harassment?

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Should I be weary of legal action if I accidentally pocket dialed my ex who had the police give me a warning for harassment?

My ex girlfriend and I dated for 5 years and recently broke up. I tried
talking to her and her mom a lot during the first month of the break up.
My ex girlfriend got upset with me because of this, and called the police to
give me a warning and tell me not to have any contact with her any more
or charges could be pressed. I understood and complied. However today I
accidentally pocket dialed my ex and quickly tried to end it after I heard it
ring once. I sent her a short text that said, ‘Pocket dial. Sorry.’ so that she
wouldn’t think that I was trying to get a hold of her again. Should I be
weary of any legal action?

Asked on May 3, 2016 under Criminal Law, Texas

Answers:

B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

You should be wary any time you are dealing with an over-sensitive ex-girlfriend.  The police are not likely to issue a warrant for a pocket dial... but it's still a possibility. 
Before you loose the phone, take screen shot of the text and a screen shot of the call on your phone.  This will verify that the call was too short to be a harrassing call.  It will also verify that you sent an apolgy text.
To avoid any future pocket dials, delete her number from your phone.  It may be a little inconvenient to look it up in an address book the old fashioned way should you ever need to call her for a different reason... but getting arrested is far more inconvenient. 


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