MASON v. STATE

No. 02-18-00138-CR.

598 S.W.3d 755 (2020)

Crystal MASON, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Delivered: March 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: ALISON GRINTER , DALLAS, TEXAS, KIM T. COLE , FRISCO, TEXAS, REBECCA HARRISON STEVENS & EMMA HILBERT, TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT, AUSTIN, TEXAS, HANI MIRZA , TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT, DALLAS, TEXAS, SOPHIA LIN LAKIN , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, THOMAS BUSER-CLANCY & ANDREW SEGURA , ACLU FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS.

ATTORNEYS FOR STATE: SHAREN WILSON , CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY; JOSEPH W. SPENCE , ASSISTANT CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CHIEF OF POST-CONVICTION; HELENA F. FAULKNER , MATT SMID & JOHN NEWBERN , ASSISTANT CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, TARRANT COUNTY DISTRICT, ATTORNEYS OFFICE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Bassel, JJ.


OPINION

I. Introduction

Having waived a jury trial, Appellant Crystal Mason appeals from her conviction by the trial court for illegal voting, a second-degree felony, see Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 64.012(a)(1), (b), and her sentence of five years' confinement. Mason raises the following challenges...

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