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Guerra's mother is Justice Linda Reyna Yáñez, who served on the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals, becoming the first Latina to serve on any Texas appellate court. Prior to becoming a lawyer and judge, Yanez was a farmworker and teacher. Guerra graduated high school from St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island with distinction. She was a ...
Elsa R. Alcala, also known as Elsa Spjut (born 1964), is a former Republican official who most recently served (2011–2018) as one of the nine judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She was appointed to the Place 8 on the bench by then Governor Rick Perry, when Charles Holcomb stepped down to run in 2012 for the United States Senate ...
Prior to his election campaign, he was a defense attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. [3] He was 63 years old when he ran for Place 5 of CCA. The Houston Chronicle described him as having a "politically famous name" (referring to the Governor of Wisconsin, who is also named Scott Walker).
In the 8th Court of Appeals, one Democrat justice was reelected. Based in the Democratic stronghold of El Paso, the court hears cases from 17 counties in far west Texas. In the 3rd Court of ...
In 2011, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Huddle to the nine-member First Court of Appeals, replacing Elsa Alcala, who had been elevated to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] The First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals, both based in Houston's 1910 Harris County Courthouse , divide the caseload of appeals from Harris County ...
Here’s who’s running for Place 7 on Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Nov. 5 election. Lillie Davidson. October 7, 2024 at 2:21 PM. ... 2020 for Judge for Texas Court of Appeals, Pl 3.
Mary Lou Keel has been a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals since 2016. Between 1995 and 2016 she presided over the 232nd District Court in Harris County, Texas. She had previously served as assistant district attorney in Harris County. She received her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Texas in 1982.
In March 2018, she won the Republican primary to be a Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [3] Her opponent in the General Election was Libertarian Mark Ash. [ 5 ] She went on to win the general election, receiving 4,760,576 votes or 74% of the vote. [ 6 ]