Ramirez v. State

DAVIS, Judge.

Jamie L. Ramirez challenges the judgment and five-day jail sentence imposed after she pleaded no contest to the reduced charge of attempted violation of the prohibition against a felon working for a bail bond agent. She specifically reserved her right to appeal the denial of her motion to dismiss based on her argument that the statute is unconstitutional because it *29fails to require a mens rea element. We reverse.

Ramirez obtained a clerical job at a bail bond agency. At the time she began the job, she had one prior felony on which adjudication was withheld. As a result, both…