Ex parte Arce
In the defendant's trial for failure to register as a sex offender, he was required to register when his sexual assault sentence had discharged
before the September 1, 1997, effective date of the relevant amendment
to the registration statute. In determining whether a defendant must register as a sex
offender, revocation of mandatory supervision for sentences that were
stacked under the old statute places the releasee in the same position
he was in when he was released. The defendant's sentence had not yet
discharged when he was released, so it remained undischarged when his
mandatory supervision was revoked. He was in custody on the sexual
assault offense on the effective date of the statute requiring
sex-offender registration.
