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Tanya Ramirez v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth District, No. 13-16-00069-CR · judgment January 31, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Is TEXAS PENAL CODE §21.12, which criminalizes an otherwise legal sexual relationship, unconstitutional in its infringement upon a constitutionally-protected fundamental right?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher John Gale
Gale Law Group

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Sep 04 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2018)