Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

The trial court's failure to admonish defendant as to the sex offender registration requirement at the time of pleading did not violate due process or render his plea involuntary; although the requirement is a direct rather than collateral consequence (being definite and completely automatic), it is non-punitive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2004
• Published 03/10/2004

Judges

• Before the court en banc.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lane D. Thibodeaux, Bryan, for appellant., Douglas Howell, III, Assist. DA, Bryan, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.