Christopher Arthur Tatum v. State

OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Christopher Arthur Tatum of failing to comply with a requirement of the sex-offender registration program. The trial court found the enhancement allegations to be true and sentenced appellant to confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for twenty-five years. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant was convicted of aggravated rape in 1978, requiring him to register as a sex offender for his lifetime. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.101(a)(1) (West Supp.2013); Tex.Code Crim. Proc. art.…