Legal Opinion
State of Texas v. Rosseau, Robert Louis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 17, 2013No. PD-0233-12PublishedCited by 180 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · AlcalaAlcala, J.
This is a pretrial appeal. In his petition for discretionary review, Robert Louis Rosseau, appellee, challenges the judgment of the court of appeals that reversed the trial court’s order quashing a portion of the indictment. See State v. Rosseau, No. 04-10-00866-CR, 398 S.W.3d 769, 779-80, 2011 WL 6207037, at *9 (Tex.App.-San Antonio Dec. 14, 2011) (not designated for publication). On appellee’s motion, the trial court quashed multiple paragraphs of the indictment, which were based on a “bigamy provision” that elevates the range of punishment for sexual assault whenever “the victim was a…
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