Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

public intoxication

State profesional boards can refuse to liscense an applicant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. Does an arrest for the reason of public intoxication (no breathlizer, pleas of nola contendary, one night in jail) consitute a ''conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude?'' And how is moral turpitude defined in general?


Asked on 2/27/01, 2:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: public intoxication

A crime of moral turpitude is one of sleaziness such as stealing, lying, molesting children, etc. Public intoxication is not a crime of moral turpitude.

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Answered on 4/24/01, 9:24 am


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