Does a penalty provision of the Texas sexual assault statute that increases penalties based on marital status violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

QUESTION PRESENTED Does a penalty provision of the Texas sexual assault statute, which provides for an increased penalty if the offender was married at the time of the offense, violate a defendant’s right to equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment? ii PARTIES Petitioner: Michael Ray Senn Respondent: Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division