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The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
The oldest federal civil building in Texas, the 1861 Customs and Courthouse in Galveston, housed headquarters for the Eastern District of Texas between 1861–1891. Federal Courthouse in Galveston that housed the Eastern District court from 1891–1902, when the Southern District of Texas was created.
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]
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Rule 2.1008 in the 2024 California Rules of Court says prospective jurors with physical or mental disabilities that don’t affect their competence but could cause them harm can be excused from ...
A Texas woman has been formally indicted by a grand jury in the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian American Muslim girl in a May incident that local police said was motivated by racial ...
A native of Houston, Texas, Haynes graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1956, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas on April 23, 1956. [2] During one stretch, he reportedly won 163 drunk-driving cases in a row. [3] He was involved in landmark cases such as The State of Texas v.
After closing arguments, the case went to the jury. After deliberation the Fort Bend County jury convicted Whitaker of capital murder, [12] under the Texas law of parties. [13] [verification needed] [third-party source needed] The trial had lasted six days in total; the "jury deliberat[ed] for 2 hours, and sentenced Whitaker to death." [4] [12]