Saylors v. State

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

Peggy Saylors appeals her conviction for the misdemeanor offense of telephone harassment. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 42.07 (Vernon 1989). Saylors was found guilty by a jury and a special judge assessed punishment at sixty days in the Hill County Jail and a $1000 fine, probated for twelve months.

In point one, Saylors contends that the judgment is void because the special judge had no jurisdiction to preside. The rule is that a judgment rendered by a special judge who had not been appointed or selected in accordance with the constitutional and statutory requirements…