Follow-up: Judge says Rep. Reynolds can't practice law while appealing barratry conviction
State Rep. Ron Reynolds will not be able to practice law while appealing his conviction for illegally soliciting clients, a Montgomery County judge ruled Tuesday.
County Court-at-Law Judge Mary Ann Turner also set Reynolds' bond at $25,000. The Missouri City Democrat had not been released from the county jail as of 3 p.m., officials said.
Reynolds, 42, was sentenced Monday by a six-member jury to up to 12 months in jail and a $20,000 fine following the attorney's conviction last week on five counts of misdemeanor barratry, or illegally soliciting clients.
The sentence comes as Reynolds, the first African-American since Reconstruction elected to the Texas House from Fort Bend County, was starting to campaign for a fourth term. The misdemeanor convictions don't require him to give up his seat, but deal a blow to his political and legal careers.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/woodlands/crime-courts/article/Reynolds-not-allowed-to-practice-law-6655029.php
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