Williams v. State

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Clayton Williams appeals from his conviction for criminal nonsupport. He was convicted on his plea of guilty, and the trial court assessed his punishment at two years’ confinement in a state jail facility. Williams contends in a single point of error that the statute under which he was convicted, Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 25.05 (Vernon Supp.2002), is unconstitutional because it violates Article I, § 18 of the Texas Constitution. Tex. Const, art. I, § 18'. That section provides that, “No person shall ever be imprisoned for debt.”

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