· 7/1/2015
Peraza v. State
Citations
- 467 S.W.3d 508
- 2015 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 764
- 2015 WL 3988926
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that even when narrowly focusing on a segment of a statute that ran a greater risk of unconstitutionality, the statute was nonetheless safe from facial challenge because some potential applications of that segment were constitutional
- holding that when a statute “provides for . . . allocate[ed] . . . court costs to be expended for” a purpose “relate[d] to the administration of our criminal justice system,” it does not violate the Separation of Powers Clause
- holding “that court costs should be related to the recoupment of costs of judicial resources”
- noting that \[t]he burden rests upon the individual who challenges a statute to establish its unconstitutionality\
- stating that the defendant must establish that the statute always operates unconstitutionally in all possible circumstances and that only statutory applications that actually authorize or prohibit conduct are considered
- stating that the defendant must establish that the statute always operates unconstitutionally in all possible circumstances and that only statutory applications that actually authorize or prohibit conduct are considered
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Judges: Richardson
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