# Crabtree, Mark Alan

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · October 31, 2012 · 389 S.W.3d 820

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9812085

## Case

- **Full name:** Mark Alan CRABTREE, Appellant v. the STATE of Texas
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** October 31, 2012
- **Citations:** 389 S.W.3d 820; 2012 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1385; 2012 WL 5348220
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hervey
- **Judges:** Keasler, Keller, Meyers, Price, Womack, Hervey, Alcala, Johnson, Cochran
- **Cited by:** 118 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9812085

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that the Texas sex offender registration statute categorizes a conviction from another state as a “reportable conviction” when the offense as defined by that other state “contain[s] elements that are substantially similar to elements” of certain Texas offenses
- stating elements of offense of failure to comply with registration requirements

## Opinion text

HERVEY, J.,
filed a 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 *835 Legislature has spoken — DPS is the proper authority for regulating whether an extra-jurisdietional conviction or adjudication triggers a person’s duty to register. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.001(1), 62.003.

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