Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/9/2018

Estes v. State

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546 S.W.3d 691

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explaining that, in an as-applied constitutional challenge, the challenger bears the burden of producing evidence “specifically demonstrating that the law in question is unconstitutional as applied to him”
noting that in as-applied constitutional challenge to statute, challenger bears burden of producing evidence “specifically demonstrating that the law in question is unconstitutional as ‘applied to him’” (emphasis added)
stating that “an ‘as-applied’ challenge ‘requires recourse to evidence’”
“The particular facts and circumstances that inform—and limit—our ruling today are that Estes is a married man convicted of sexually assaulting a child.”
“Above all, a court should spurn any attempt to turn rational-basis review into a debate over the wisdom, eloquence, or efficacy of the law in question.”
“Above all, a court should spurn any attempt to turn rational- basis review into a debate over the wisdom, eloquence, or efficacy of the law in question.”

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