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Jacob Rubenstein v. State of Texas 407 S.W.2d 793 (1966) was a decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest criminal appellate court in the State of Texas, that Jack Ruby, real name Jacob Rubenstein, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, had been denied a fair trial.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls.
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]
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...
In February 2022, Acosta Jr. was indicted by the Dallas County court on a capital murder charge, [14] which can carry the death sentence in the state of Texas. [15] In February 2023, Acosta Jr. was found guilty of capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. [16] [17] [18]
[21] [22] Mulder had returned to practicing private law in Dallas in 1981. [23] Following the appeals court decision, the case was returned to Dallas County for a retrial, but the district attorney's office decided not to prosecute the case again based on the length of time since the original crime, and Adams was subsequently released. [3] [24 ...
Democrat Meggan Guns and Republican Matt Schultz are running for Dallas County attorney in the Nov. 5 general election. Longtime assistant attorney Jeannine Ritchie was appointed county attorney ...
Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 – March 1, 2001) was an American lawyer who served as district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987. He participated in two notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century: the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and the U.S. Supreme Court case that held abortion was a constitutional right, Roe v.