Ex Parte Campbell

in which WOMACK, KEASLER, HERYEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

We filed and set this case to determine whether and under what circumstances a releasee who has never been convicted of a “reportable offense” may be required to comply with sex offender conditions of early release. We hold that the parole panel was authorized by statute to impose sex offender conditions in general, and a child safety zone condition in particular, upon this applicant, and we hold that these conditions were not imposed in violation of due process.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1992, applicant pleaded guilty to burglary of a building1…