TYLER, Texas (KETK) - Smith County Court at Law 2 has confirmed that current Smith County Clerk Karen Phillips has been sentenced to thirty days in jail.

Phillips, 67 of Smith County, was found guilty of interfering with public duties on May 9, 2024 and was originally sentenced to 1 year of probation and 48 hours of community service. On Friday, Phillips relinquished that probation sentence and was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail.

She was first arrested in this case after a March 2023 traffic stop involving her son, Derek Phillips and man named Cody Voss. Bodycam footage of the traffic stop confrontation can be seen below:

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