Smith County Clerk Karen Phillips was sentenced to one year of probation on Monday for interfering with her son Derek Phillips’ arrest in March 2023.

She was convicted by a jury in May after a roughly two-day trial. After the verdict, the judge ordered a pre-sentence investigation before issuing a sentence.

The judge pronounced the sentence of probation for one year Monday afternoon after reviewing the pre-sentence report and hearing from the state and defense. 

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