/tags/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:27:09 GMT /politics/2024-02-15/paxton-sets-sights-on-criminal-court-judges-who-voted-against-him Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for voters to replace three judges on the state Court of Criminal Appeals over his disapproval of a 2021 election fraud ruling. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:27:09 GMT /politics/2024-02-15/paxton-sets-sights-on-criminal-court-judges-who-voted-against-him Toluwani Osibamowo /politics/2022-05-11/texas-court-orders-that-illegal-voting-conviction-against-crystal-mason-be-reviewed At the time Mason voted in 2016, she was on supervised release from prison after serving time on federal tax evasion charges. She received a five-year sentence for illegal voting. Wed, 11 May 2022 20:00:50 GMT /politics/2022-05-11/texas-court-orders-that-illegal-voting-conviction-against-crystal-mason-be-reviewed Ashley Lopez /crime-justice/2022-04-25/melissa-lucios-execution-halted-by-texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:12:14 GMT /crime-justice/2022-04-25/melissa-lucios-execution-halted-by-texas-court-of-criminal-appeals Jolie McCullough /politics/2022-01-26/texas-republicans-pressure-court-to-reverse-decision-blocking-attorney-general-from-prosecuting-election-cases Republicans from Gov. Greg Abbott on down are pressuring the all-GOP Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse a December ruling that gutted the attorney general’s power to go after election cases on his own. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:54:08 GMT /politics/2022-01-26/texas-republicans-pressure-court-to-reverse-decision-blocking-attorney-general-from-prosecuting-election-cases Patrick Svitek /politics/2020-03-03/2020-primary-election-results-statewide-races These are the statewide races we're watching as primary election results roll in Tuesday.Texas Supreme Court | Railroad Commission | State Board of� Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:15:28 GMT /politics/2020-03-03/2020-primary-election-results-statewide-races KUT Staff /texas/2019-01-02/four-texas-state-appeals-courts-change-hands-in-2019-what-this-means-for-texans-and-the-courts There are more than 3,000 judges in Texas - and in the Lone Star state, they are elected. In the midterm elections, Democrats took control from� Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:40:00 GMT /texas/2019-01-02/four-texas-state-appeals-courts-change-hands-in-2019-what-this-means-for-texans-and-the-courts Jennifer Stayton /politics/2018-09-12/federal-judge-upholds-texas-partisan-statewide-judicial-elections-system A federal judge has rejected a race-based challenge to the way Texans fill seats on the state’s highest courts.U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of� Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:26:55 GMT /politics/2018-09-12/federal-judge-upholds-texas-partisan-statewide-judicial-elections-system Emma Platoff | Texas Tribune, Alexa Ura /politics/2018-01-16/federal-court-to-consider-whether-texas-system-for-electing-judges-hurts-latinos A federal court in Corpus Christi will hear a case Feb. 12 challenging the way Texas voters elect judges for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the� Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:01:00 GMT /politics/2018-01-16/federal-court-to-consider-whether-texas-system-for-electing-judges-hurts-latinos Ashley Lopez