| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 796 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Clifton L. Holmes of Longview is retiring from the |
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| 3 | 3 | | firm of Holmes and Moore on May 18, 2017, drawing to a close a |
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| 4 | 4 | | noteworthy legal career that has spanned a half century; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A native of Kilgore, "Scrappy" Holmes completed |
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| 6 | 6 | | his bachelor's degree in economics at The University of Texas at |
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| 7 | 7 | | Austin and went on to graduate cum laude from George Washington |
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| 8 | 8 | | University National Law Center; he established a reputation as |
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| 9 | 9 | | one of the top criminal defense lawyers in Texas, and he has |
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| 10 | 10 | | successfully defended clients facing the death penalty in both |
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| 11 | 11 | | state and federal courts; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dedicated to his profession, Mr. Holmes has |
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| 13 | 13 | | served the legal community in a number of leadership roles; he |
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| 14 | 14 | | was a director of the State Bar of Texas and chair of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | organization's Criminal Justice Section, Special Committee on |
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| 16 | 16 | | Death Row Representation, and Standing Committee on Penal Code |
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| 17 | 17 | | and Code of Criminal Procedure; in addition, he served as |
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| 18 | 18 | | president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, as |
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| 19 | 19 | | chair of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, and as a |
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| 20 | 20 | | trustee of the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation; he was |
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| 21 | 21 | | editor of Voice for the Defense, and since 1976 he has been a |
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| 22 | 22 | | member of the faculty of the Texas Criminal Trial Advocacy |
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| 23 | 23 | | Institute; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Holmes was inducted into the Texas Criminal |
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| 25 | 25 | | Defense Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2007, and he has been named as a |
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| 26 | 26 | | Texas Super Lawyer in multiple years; in 1992, Secretary of State |
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| 27 | 27 | | John Hannah designated him as an official Texas Hero; moreover, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Mr. Holmes was selected as Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the Year for 1996 by the Texas Criminal Justice Section of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | State Bar, and he was twice ranked among the Top Five Go-To |
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| 31 | 31 | | Lawyers in Texas by Texas Lawyer magazine; in all his endeavors, |
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| 32 | 32 | | he has enjoyed the love and support of his wife, Laqueta, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | their children, Nikki, Lacy, Shelly, and Bryan; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his long and distinguished |
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| 35 | 35 | | career, Scrappy Holmes has earned the respect and admiration of |
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| 36 | 36 | | innumerable people, and as he embarks on the next exciting |
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| 37 | 37 | | chapter of his life, he may indeed reflect with pride on his |
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| 38 | 38 | | achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate Clifton "Scrappy" Holmes on his |
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| 41 | 41 | | retirement and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; |
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| 42 | 42 | | and, be it further |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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| 44 | 44 | | Mr. Holmes as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Hughes |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | President of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 49 | 49 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 50 | 50 | | the Senate on May 16, 2017. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 53 | 53 | | ________________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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