Bradley v. State Ex Rel. White

The Court holds that the Westlake Board of Aldermen violated Texas Rule of Civil Evidence 605 when board members who sat as judges in Bradley’s removal court also testified as witnesses against him. In so doing, the Court sidesteps a more fundamental flaw in the removal: the statute governing removal proceedings is unconstitutionally vague and thus denies Bradley due process and due course of law. See U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1; Tex. Const, art. I, § 19. Because I would hold the statute used to remove Bradley is void for vagueness, I concur in the Court’s judgment.

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