James Alan Jenkins v. State

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

A jury convicted appellant James Alan Jenkins of illegally voting in an election in which he knew he was not eligible to vote. Jenkins was sentenced to three years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. Jenkins contends that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of mistake of law. Jenkins also contends that section 1.015 of the Election Code is unconstitutionally vague as applied to him. Because we conclude that Jenkins was entitled to a jury instruction on the statutory defense of…