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Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980), (sometimes erroneously cited as Rummel v.Estell) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a life sentence with the possibility of parole under Texas' three strikes law for a felony fraud crime, where the offense and the defendant's two prior offenses involved approximately $230 of fraudulent activity (worth $847 in 2023 dollars ...
The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.
Ruiz v. Estelle, 503 F. Supp. 1265 (S.D. Tex. 1980), filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, eventually became the most far-reaching lawsuit on the conditions of prison incarceration in American history.
HOUSTON — A state District Court judge on Friday dismissed embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's last-ditch motion to have a nearly 9-year-old felony securities fraud case against him ...
The scheme erased more than $3.3 million worth of debts, Texas authorities said. Woman fakes 133 police reports to erase millions in debts, Texas cops say Skip to main content
The "Top Cop" in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton, managed to have the burden of three felony fraud charges lifted all thanks to a "diversion" deal.
John F Onion Jr and Warren E White, "Texas Code of Criminal Procedure: Its 1965 & 1967 changes affecting Corporation Courts and Police Practices" (1968) 10 South Texas Law Journal 92 Gary A Udashen and Barry Sorrels, "Criminal Procedure: Confession, Search and Seizure" (1991) 45 Southwestern Law Journal 263 (No 1, Summer 1991) (Annual Survey of ...
A Texas man was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he schemed to dupe George Santos into wiring him money with the false promise that he could get the criminal corruption charges against the ...