Charles A. Rosenthal (February 7, 1946 - November 23, 2023) was an American lawyer and former District Attorney of Harris County, Texas.
[4] On March 26, 2003, he argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Lawrence v. Texas that laws against sodomy are constitutional.
The Court disagreed, holding 6-3 that prosecutions for private sexual conduct violates the United States Constitution.
[6][7] On February 15, 2008, Rosenthal resigned as Harris County district attorney, following the filing of a lawsuit petitioning for his removal from office.
Rosenthal's official release claims, "Although I have enjoyed excellent medical and pharmacological treatment, I have come to learn that the particular combination of drugs prescribed for me in the past has caused some impairment in my judgment.