Court Opinion

ID: 2945916
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-16 03:57:24.587555+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:01:53.344064
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0645-11

MARK ALAN CRABTREE, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

SMITH  COUNTY

 Hervey, J., filed a concurring opinion.

CONCURRING OPINION

	I join the majority opinion, but I write separately to stress one salient point, one
driven home to us, or should be, every day.  It is not our job to legislate from the bench. 
We have a branch of government charged with this responsibility, and the Legislature has
spoken--DPS is the proper authority for regulating whether an extra-jurisdictional
conviction or adjudication triggers a person's duty to register.  See Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. art. 62.001(1), 62.003.
								Hervey, J.
Filed: October 31, 2012
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