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Byrom v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth
Mar 23, 1983
648 S.W.2d 440 (Tex. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 2-81-365-CR.

March 23, 1983.

Appeal from 158th District Court, Denton County, Bob Scofield, J.

Edgar A. Mason, Dallas, for appellant.

Jerry Cobb, Dist. Atty., Denton, for State.

Before FENDER, C.J., and BURDOCK and SPURLOCK, JJ.


OPINION


Appellant, Donald Keith Byrom, was convicted upon a plea of guilty of incest and was sentenced by a jury to five years.

We affirm.

Byrom's sole ground of error asserts that Texas' incest statute, V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 25.02, is unconstitutional because it is "an unwarranted Governmental interference in the private sexual relations of its citizens." He cites no authority in support of this contention. We find such contention repugnant and without merit and decline to hold the statute unconstitutional. The ground of error is overruled and the judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

Byrom v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth
Mar 23, 1983
648 S.W.2d 440 (Tex. App. 1983)
Case details for

Byrom v. State

Case Details

Full title:Donald Keith BYROM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, State

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth

Date published: Mar 23, 1983

Citations

648 S.W.2d 440 (Tex. App. 1983)

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