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Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.
Of Texas’ 15 appellate courts, each has a chief justice and between 3 and 13 justices that rule on cases; 83 justices serve statewide overall. Republicans swept races in five courts
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]
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 Court for the Eastern District of Texas [8] United States District Court for the ...
Georgina "Gina" Martinez Benavides (born December 6, 1962) is a justice at the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals based in Corpus Christi and Edinburg. She was first elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2012. [1] She is a member of the Democratic Party and resides in McAllen, Texas.
The seat is one of three on the court up for election this cycle, alongside the presiding judge and Place 8. The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state’s court of last resort for criminal matters.
Alice Oliver–Parrott: First female to serve as a Chief Justice in the Texas Court of Appeals (1991-1996) [43] Gaynelle Griffin Jones: [44] [45] First African American female to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (1992) [46] Linda Reyna Yanez: [47] First female to serve as a Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas (1993)
The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized geographically. The number of district courts in a court of appeals' circuit varies between one and thirteen, depending on the number of states in the region and the ...