Varnes v. State

OPINION

DON WITTIG, Senior Justice

(Assigned).

Jimmy Dean Varnes appeals from his felony conviction for failing to register as a sex offender. A jury found him guilty, found an enhancement paragraph in the indictment to be true, and assessed his punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Varnes contends: (1) that the statute requiring registration is unconstitutional; (2) that the evidence is legally insufficient to support the conviction; and (3) that the State failed to prove all of the elements necessary to make the offense a third degree felony. We affirm.

I. Background

After serving…