STATE v. MORALES

No. 3-91-195-CV.

826 S.W.2d 201 (1992)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Linda MORALES, Tom Doyal, Patricia Cramer, Charlotte Taft, and John Thomas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled April 15, 1992.

Discretionary Review Dismissed May 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Harry G. Potter, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

J. Patrick Wiseman, Richards, Wiseman & Durst, Austin, for appellees.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and KIDD and DAVIS, JJ.


CARROLL, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the limits on the government's right to intrude into an individual's private life, and the extent of an individual's right to be let alone. We review a Texas statute that criminalizes private sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 21.06 (1989).

Appellees Linda Morales, Tom Doyal, Patricia Cramer, Charlotte Taft, and John Thomas challenged the constitutionality of Penal...

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