AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked the state’s top criminal appeals court to rethink striking down a state law that banned sexually explicit online chatting between adults and minors.

Abbott’s request to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sparked a legal turf war with Lisa McMinn, the state prosecuting attorney, the Austin American-Statesman reported. McMinn has asked the appeals court to pay no heed to Abbott’s request, the newspaper reported.