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Submitted by john wertz on 2020-02-09 14:59:55

Pros

•        Many years of honorable judicial experience.
•        30 years of trial experience as a lawyer and judge.
•        Board Certified in Criminal Law
•        Eminently qualified, and has written/been involved in hundreds of appellate and writ cases while working at the Court of Criminal Appeals and as both a State & Federal prosecutor
•        Senior Visiting Judge from 2009-2014, presiding over a wide variety of civil and criminal matters throughout three Judicial Regions, including capital trials, writs ordered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and many other high-profile cases.
•        Currently serves as the Court Liaison to the State Bar of Texas
•        Actively involved in his church(LDS) and local community, and served a two year volunteer mission for his church in Argentina

Endorsed by: Texas Homeschool Coalition; Texas Aliance for Life; United Republicans of Harris County; News (Dalls MN * San Atonio Express); Police Officer Unions/PACS(Austin, Houston, San Antonio)

Cons

•        Lack of experience practicing as a criminal defense attorney
•        Questionable decisions as visiting trial judge in case of Travis County versus Rick Perry, such as letting the trial proceed and the moderate prosecutor whom he selected (a former mentor), who seemed to have it in for Perry.
•        Questionable ruling on TOMA while on CCA