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Of Texas’ 15 appellate courts, each has a chief justice and between 3 and 13 justices that rule on cases; 83 justices serve statewide overall. Republicans swept races in five courts
The court, which has nine judges, hears appeals in Texas criminal cases. It automatically handles all cases that result in a death penalty, but can also choose to hear appeals for exoneration ...
Keller maintains that it has long been precedent in Texas for late appeals to be hand-delivered to the court or a judge, and that it was not required for them to be filed with the clerk. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Rule 9.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure permits either form of filing, [ 59 ] [ 64 ] and another court judge, Cheryl Johnson, was ...
According to an analysis done by Ballotpedia to determine judge partisan behavior, Yeary was labeled a "mild Republican". [2] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has criticized every member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals except Yeary because he was the lone dissenter in a case that prohibited the state attorney general from having ...
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.
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 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 ...
In 2019, Governor Greg Abbott appointed McClure to the trial court bench in Harris County. [1] He was elevated to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in December 2020. [ 2 ] He is the first African American judge on the court since 1998, and the third African American judge on the court in Texas history. [ 3 ]