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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]
Texas—see Judiciary of Texas; the county court handles probate matters in most instances, but its jurisdiction may overlap with the district court. Also, in ten specific counties the Texas Legislature has established one or more Probate Courts to handle probate matters, removing them from county or district court jurisdiction.
The Texas First Court of Appeals and the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals, since September 3, 2010, are located in the 1910 Harris County courthouse. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Previously they were located on the campus of the South Texas College of Law .
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Jo Ann Delgado: [168] First Latino American female elected as a Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas (2001) Pat Lykos: [169] First female District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (2009) Debra Ibarra Mayfield: [36] [170] [171] First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County, Texas (2011)
After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 2 (2019– ) Texas: active: Yvette McGee Brown [104] Franklin County Court of Common Pleas (1993–2002); Supreme Court of Ohio (2011–2012) Ohio: term ended: Vanessa Lynne Bryant [105] United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (2007– ) Connecticut: active: Wanda G. Bryant [106]
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