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Fort Bend County Court House in 1948. Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. [1] It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days. The county seat is Richmond.
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...
The Southern District of Texas started with one judge, Waller T. Burns, and a Clerk of Court, Christopher Dart, seated in Galveston. Since that time, the court has grown to nineteen district judgeships, six bankruptcy judgeships, fourteen magistrate judgeships, and over 200 deputy clerks.
Kathleen Lindsey: [153] [154] First female lawyer in Fort Bend County, Texas; Toni Wallace: [155] First African American female judge in Fort Bend County, Texas (2016) Juli Mathew: [156] First Judge of Asian descent to be elected to the Bench in Fort Bend County, Texas (2018) First Indian American women elected to the bench in the United States.
Median household income in Fort Bend County is $105,583. A three-person household has disposable income of $15,769. ... South Korea's Yoon is in court for a hearing in his criminal trial. Sports ...
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]
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Another suspect, Jerome Hall, 26, of Fort Worth, was arrested shortly after the shooting and was charged with murder in the case on Jan. 27, according to Tarrant County criminal court records ...