Verdell Darnell Hall, Jr. v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice CARTER.

Verdell Darnell Hall, Jr., was convicted by a jury of failure to comply with sex-offender registration requirements. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $7,000.00 fine. The dispositive point of error raised by Hall on appeal challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence. Because we find that Hall had no reportable conviction underlying a duty to register as a sex offender, we find the evidence was legally insufficient to convict Hall. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s judgment and render a judgment of acquittal.

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