Ford, Joseph Clyde

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0440-10 JOSEPH CLYDE FORD, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS MCLENNAN COUNTY K EASLER, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. OPINION The court of appeals held that Joseph Clyde Ford’s prior conviction for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements increased the offense level of Ford’s current offense for the same crime.1 We disagree. Because Article 62.102(c) states that “punishment for the offense . . . is increased to the punishment…