Elam v. State

ONION, Justice (Assigned).

Appellant Elam appeals her conviction for criminal trespass. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.05 (West 1989 & Supp.1992). After the jury found appellant guilty, the trial court assessed her punishment at confinement in the county jail for forty-five days.

Appellant advances five points of error. First, appellant contends that the trial court was disqualified from sitting because of an inflammatory newspaper advertisement by the Texas Abortion Rights Action League “showing a disqualifying interest in the case and sufficient bias to require recusal.” Second, appellant contends…