Judge David Newell told the Statesman that turnover on the court and the changing judicial system contributed to his decision ...

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney ...

The latest Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals news from The Texas Tribune. By Alejandro Serrano Jan. 15, 2025 The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the ...

Voters will choose a new presiding judge for Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals after the current officeholder, Republican ...

Robert Roberson’s case only scratches the surface of the multitude of faults that permeate this system of death in Texas.

Judge Maria Salas-Mendoza was sworn in as the Texas Eighth Court of Appeals chief justice Friday, Jan. 10, at the Enrique ...

In the case before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state prosecuted former Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal for convening a closed meeting of some of the county’s commissioners to discuss ...

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing any orders in a lawsuit by three death row inmates who allege the state plans to use expired and unsafe ...

I am the presiding Judge of a State Criminal District Court, a trial court that handles felony cases. As a trial court Judge, I hear thousands of criminal cases, preside over jury trials and bench ...

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge David Newell will not seek reelection in 2026 after serving 12 years on the state's highest criminal court, he announced Friday. The former prosecutor and ...