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Charles Collins Thompson (July 3, 1898 – August 5, 1983) was a Texas judge, attorney, banker and rancher. He was a native of Erath County, Texas . [ 1 ] He was the son of Charles Madison Thompson (1862–1942) and Annie Margaret Jane Altman (1871–1937).
He was a law clerk for Justice J. E. Hickman of the Texas Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946. He was county attorney of Mitchell County, Texas in 1947. He was state district attorney of the Texas 32nd Judicial District from 1948 to 1960. He was a judge of the Texas State District Court for the 32nd Judicial District from 1961 to 1963.
Veterans Monument in Mitchell County Mitchell County Public Library. Mitchell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,990. [1] Its county seat is Colorado City. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. [3] It is named for Asa and Eli Mitchell, two early settlers and soldiers in ...
This category is for people who are or have been County Judge of counties in the state of Texas. (In Texas, the County Judge is the chief executive of the county, similar to the mayor of a city, though with far less actual authority.) For judges of state courts, see Category:Texas state court judges
The county judge could act as a budget officer and have election duties, according to the Handbook of Texas. The county judge can also be an ex-officio school superintendent in places with less ...
Since the county judge is also responsible for presiding over the Commissioners Court (the main executive and legislative body of the county), in 94 counties the Texas Legislature has established county courts at law to relieve the county judge of judicial duties. The first multi-county statutory county court (composed of Fisher, Mitchell, and ...
The judge who presided over the trial of Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman being held on death row for the murder of her child, has recommended her conviction and sentence be overturned.. The move by ...
He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David Ezra to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $6.3 million, and eventually resigned his law license in lieu of discipline from the State Bar of Texas.