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Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with County Courts and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same courthouse. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Texas, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas, which it oversees.
Some jurisdictions operate probation services on a county level and officers are commonly employed by district, municipal, circuit courts, or by a sheriff's department. [35] This includes both adult and juvenile probation services. [36] These is commonly referred to as "pre-trial services".
Collin County was founded on April 3rd, 1846, with the land making up the county originally being a part of Fannin County. [6] [3] The original county seat for Collin County was Buckner, but was moved to McKinney in 1848 since Buckner wasn't within three miles of the county center.
A former pastor in Texas has been indicted for attempting to pay for sex after being arrested in a sting operation, according to the Plano Police Department.. Terrence “Terren” Dames, 51, was ...
An officer with the Collin County Sheriff’s Office died after being in a car accident, law enforcement announced on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Detention ...
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
Tina Peters (politician) (R) Mesa County Clerk, plus three others was accused of copying secure passwords and files and posting them online in order to thwart the 2020 election results. She was found guilty of three felony counts of attempting to influence a public servant and one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation.
On March 4, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge, a former Governor of Massachusetts and very familiar with the benefits of a functioning probation system, signed the bill in to law. This Act gave the U.S. Courts the power to appoint Federal Probation Officers and authority to sentence defendants to probation instead of a prison sentence.