("A Texas appellate court may take judicial notice of the laws of another state."); Tate v. State, 120 S.W.3d 886, 889 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 2003, no pet.) ("We may take judicial notice of another state's law for the first time on appeal." (citing Tompkins v. State, 774 S.W.2d 195, 215 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987); Ex parte Mason, 656 S.W.2d 470, 471 (Tex. Crim. App. 1983); Gaffney v. State, 812 S.W.2d 439, 440 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 1991, pet. ref'd); Nubine v. State, 721 S.W.2d 430, 434 (Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1986, pet. ref'd))); Jones v. State, 758 S.W.2d 356, 356 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1988, pet. ref'd) ("[W]e are not limited to the record made in the trial court as to law of a sister state. We may take judicial notice of the laws of Maryland.").
Id., 722. In Gaffney v. Texas, 812 S.W.2d 439, 440-41 (Tex.App. 1991), the court, recognizing the difference between the text in the act and Texas law, held that, under Texas' version of ยง 5, "extradition is permitted even though a person leaves the demanding state involuntarily"; id.; and that "[t]his situation would necessarily not involve an allegation that [the person] fled the state. . . ." Id., 441.
We may take judicial notice of another state's law for the first time on appeal. See Tompkins v. State, 774 S.W.2d 195, 215 (Tex.Crim.App. 1987), aff'd 490 U.S. 754, 109 S.Ct. 2180 (1989); Ex parte Mason, 656 S.W.2d 470, 471 (Tex.Crim.App. 1983); Gaffney v. State, 812 S.W.2d 439, 440 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 1991, pet. ref'd); Nubine v. State, 721 S.W.2d 430, 434 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1986, pet. ref'd); see Cathleen C. Herasimchuk, Texas Rules of Evidence Handbook 153-54 (4th ed. 2001). Accordingly, we take judicial notice of the laws of Mississippi with respect to DUI.