County clerk’s conviction: Upheld
TEXARKANA, Texas — A Texas appeals court found that the clerk of Smith County was properly convicted of interfering in the arrest of her son at their house in March 2023. The appellate panel finds the evidence was legally sufficient to support the guilty verdict. She has since filed a lawsuit against her own county over the incident.
Read the ruling here.
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