State v. Chandler

OPINION

DICKENSON, Justice.

Joe Chandler was charged with the Class A misdemeanor offense of “Tampering with Governmental Record” 1 for assisting a voter in the 1986 Democratic Primary Election to receive an absentee-by-mail ballot. The charge was that the application falsely reflected that the voter was 65 years of age or older when she was younger. The county judge dismissed this criminal action on March 21, 1988, without the consent of the county attorney. The State appeals. 2 We reverse the order of dismissal. 3

We sustain the State’s first point of error, holding that the county court…