Perez v. State

HOLLAND, J.,

filed a concurring opinion in which McCORMICK, P.J.,and KEASLER, J., joined.

I join the majority’s conclusion that the judgment of the Court of Thirteenth Appeals should be reversed. I, however, do not agree with their reasoning that the phrase “or other high crimes” in Art. XVI, § 21 refers only to crimes of moral turpitude. Therefore, I concur only in the judgment of the majority.

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In this cause, the majority determines that felony driving while intoxicated is not a high crime because it is not a crime of moral turpitude akin to bribery, perjury and forgery and “does not even…