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All courts of appeals retain the discretion to recall retired justices to assist writing any backlog of opinions in the court. [citation needed] In 2023, a law was passed creating a new appellate level court with jurisdiction over appeals from the new Texas business courts and state government related litigation, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. [8]
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]
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in Texas. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, [2] is composed of a presiding judge and eight judges. Article V of the Texas Constitution vests the judicial power of the state and describes the Court's ...
Courts of Texas include: State courts of Texas. Texas Supreme Court (Civil) [1] Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Criminal) [2] Texas Courts of Appeals (14 districts) [3] Texas District Courts (420 districts) [4] Texas County Courts [5] Texas Justice Courts [6] Texas Municipal Courts [7] Federal courts located in Texas. United States District ...
Shirley W. Butts (1954): [41] First female appointed as Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas (1981) Camille Hutson–Dunn (1963): [42] First female appointed as a Justice of the First Court of Appeals in Texas (1984) Alice Oliver–Parrott: First female to serve as a Chief Justice in the Texas Court of Appeals (1991-1996) [43]
The Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas is one of the 14 Texas Courts of Appeals.It currently sits in Dallas, Texas.It has simultaneously both the smallest Court of Appeals' jurisdictional geographic size (only six counties, one of which is shared with another Court), and the largest composition (13 Justices).
The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state’s court of last resort for criminal matters. It automatically handles all cases involving the death penalty, but can choose to hear others as well ...
Morris Overstreet (1975): [33] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1991) Fortunato "Pete" Benavides: [34] First Latino American male to serve as Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Charles Spain: [35] First openly LGBT male to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (2018)