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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).
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in Texas. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, [2] is composed of a presiding judge and eight judges. Article V of the Texas Constitution vests the judicial power of the state and describes the Court's ...
In 1990, Guinness World Records mistakenly awarded the title of World's Youngest Judge to John Payton, who was elected a judge as a Justice of the Peace in Collin County, Texas, at the age of eighteen years, nine months, and fourteen days on November 6, 1990.
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 ]
Voters will choose a new presiding judge for Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals after the current officeholder, Republican Sharon Keller, lost her party’s primary on March 5.. The court, which ...
In February 2016, Judge Keller and the court majority, 7–2, threw out the last remaining charge against former Governor Rick Perry, ruling that he did not commit a crime when in 2013 he threatened to halt funds to the public integrity unit in Travis County unless the district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg, a Democrat caught for drunk driving ...
The Texas Supreme Court Building. Texas is the only state besides Oklahoma to have a bifurcated appellate system at the highest level. [4] The Texas Supreme Court hears appeals involving civil matters (which include juvenile cases), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals involving criminal matters. [4]
This category is for people who are or have been County Judge of counties in the state of Texas. (In Texas, the County Judge is the chief executive of the county, similar to the mayor of a city, though with far less actual authority.) For judges of state courts, see Category:Texas state court judges