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The seat is one of three on the court up for election this cycle, alongside the presiding judge and Place 8. The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state’s court of last resort for criminal matters.
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 the 2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 12th court of appeals, a total of nine incumbent Republican justices were reelected. Incumbent Republican chief justices in the 10th and 11th court of appeals were ...
In 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an 8–1 decision, holding that the Texas Attorney General does not have unilateral authority to prosecute election code violations. [25] All three incumbent Judges up for re-election were part of the majority decision.
The city of El Paso, Texas will hold elections for mayor, city council, municipal court judge, and municipal court of appeals judge on November 5, 2024. [1] The filing deadline will occur on August 19, 2024.
The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law. Congress has authorized 179 judgeships, [ 1 ] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status.
Texas voters elected three new Republican judges backed by President-elect Donald Trump and Attorney General Ken Paxton to the state’s highest criminal court, marking a significant victory for ...
Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.