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 ...

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 ...

Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday agreed to rehear a case involving a former Republican candidate for Washington County court who was accused of violating campaign laws. The Court of Criminal ...

Beth Watkins, a legal trailblazer and former Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals, joins us to discuss one of Texas' most ...

An appellate court has upheld the landmark fentanyl-related murder conviction of Jasinto Jimenez, the first of its kind in ...

The Texas Eighth Court of Appeals serves 17 counties, including El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Pecos and Presidio. Salas-Mendoza will preside over criminal and civil appeal cases. The new chief ...

A federal law barring people under felony indictment from buying firearms remains valid even after a U.S. Supreme Court ...

Washington — A federal appeals ... court order that voided the Biden administration's DACA regulation, the 5th Circuit panel narrowed the ruling's impact, making it applicable only in Texas ...