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On April 1, 2009, a fourth appeal by Burton was dismissed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [16] On May 29, 2012, District Judge David Hittner of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas turned down Burton's appeal against his death sentence. [17] On October 28, 2013, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Burton's ...
Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals court intervened in 2022. Now, a judge says Lucio never committed the ...
The scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter has been halted after the Texas Supreme Court issued a partial stay late Thursday night ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...
Late Monday, attorneys for Robert Roberson filed a successive habeas application and an emergency motion for a stay of execution in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Then, on Tuesday morning ...
She said that today certain factors, like a history of childhood trauma, must be considered before a defendant is sentenced, and she said that Riles is entitled to the same considerations as defendants who are being sentenced today. [26] On April 14, 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Riles's habeas petition for a new sentencing ...
Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.
Lucio was held responsible for her 2-year-old daughter Mariah's 2007 death in Harlingen, a city with about 71,000 residents on the far southern tip of Texas. Lucio has 13 surviving children. Lucio ...