Legal Opinion

James Alan Jenkins v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided June 4, 2015No. 14-13-00662-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Reversed and Remanded and Majority and Dissenting Opinions filed June 4, 2015. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-13-00662-CR JAMES ALAN JENKINS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 359th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 12-03-02579-CR DISSENTING OPINION In this prosecution for illegal voting, appellant contends he was entitled to jury instructions allowing him to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that, due to a mistake of law, he reasonably believed he resided in the precinct in which he voted. But those are not the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  2. Ngo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
  3. Cheek v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Walters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  5. Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998

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