Illegal voter won’t get a new trial

FORT WORTH— A Texas judge has denied a new trial for a woman previously sentenced to five years in prison for voting in the 2016 presidential election when she was ineligible because she was on probation.

Judge Ruben Gonzalez rejected Crystal Mason’s petition in a ruling Monday. Gonzalez is the same judge who sentenced Mason in March.

Mason’s attorney, Alison Grinter, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that they will appeal the decision.