Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace, (8/25/03)

08/25/2003

The judge, while traveling on a state highway at nighttime with his family, chased, stopped, and arrested another motorist based on his perception that the motorist had committed a traffic offense, and therefore presented a danger to other motorists.  During the incident, the judge displayed a handgun for which he did not have a license to possess.  [Violation of Article 5, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.]  Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace, (8/25/03)