Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Robinson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 1, 2003No. 1294-02PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KeaslerKeasler, J.
William Matthew Robinson is required to register as a sex offender under our state’s sex offender registration program (SORP) and was prosecuted for failing to comply. He argues that the SORP statutes violate procedural due process and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. We reject both arguments.
Facts
Robinson was charged with sexual assault of a child in May, 1996. The trial court deferred an adjudication of guilt and placed him on community supervision for eight years. He was required to register as a sex offender at that time, and he did so. In 1997, the court adjudicated…
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