Reynolds v. Texas (Original)
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Appellant Craig Reynolds was charged with and convicted of failure to comply with sex-offender registration requirements. Appellant served his entire sentence and was released in August of 1995. The registration statute in effect at the time did not require Appellant to register as a sex offender. The statute, however, was amended in 2005, putting Appellant's duty to register in dispute. He was convicted of failing to register in 2009, but appealed, arguing: (1) the amended statute did not require him to register; (2) such retroactivity would be unconstitutional; and (3) that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury's refusal to find his affirmative defense of mistake of law. The court of appeals upheld the conviction. Upon review, the Court of Criminal Appeals found that Appellant's retroactivity argument was not preserved for review. Furthermore, the Court found that the amended sex-offender-registration requirements applied to Appellant because the "savings clause" that previously exempted him was deleted by the 2005 amendments. Therefore, the judgment of the court of appeals was affirmed.
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