State of Texas v. Rosseau, Robert Louis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that one valid purpose of section 22.011(f) is the punishment of bigamists who sexually assault their purported spouses
• explaining that preservation does not require “magic language” and turns only on whether the trial court understood the basis of the objection
• stating that where no suspect classification or fundamental- right violation is involved, a difference in treatment need be only rationally related to a valid public purpose to withstand equal-protection scrutiny
• stating that where no suspect classification or fundamental- right violation is involved, a difference in treatment need be only rationally related to a valid public purpose to withstand equal-protection scrutiny
• explaining that “[section 1 I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the statute’s legislative history supports a contrary interpretation. See Wolfe v. State, 120 S.W.3d 368, 370 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003
• placing the burden of challenging a statute’s constitutionality on the complaining party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).