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David J. Schenck, supported by impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will replace Presiding Judge Sharon Keller as the senior judge of Texas's highest criminal court, the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Attorney General is a defendant in a felony case to be tried...
Sealy Emergency Room LLC v. Free Standing Emergency Room Managers of America, No. 22-0459 (Tex. Feb. 23, 2024), no cert. h. In an ordinary civil lawsuit, plaintiffs' lawyers ask for judgment for every different legal reason that they can think of ("causes of...
State of Texas v. Justin Heath Pettit, No.12-23-00185-CR (Tex. App.--Tyler, Feb. 7, 2024, no pet. h.) A Department of Public Safety trooper held a car for 51 minutes before the drug dog arrived. Pettit was a passenger in the car. ". . . [T]he tolerable duration of...
The Texas Supreme Court decided Polk County Publishing Company v. Coleman yesterday, overturning a decision of Beaumont's Ninth Court of Appeals. Coleman had formerly been a prosecutor for the Polk County Criminal District Attorney's Office. Before that, he had been a...
The Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals changed some of the Rules of Appellate Procedure effective March 1, 2024. https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1457982/249003.pdf Since electronic filing is the norm, fewer copies of paper appellate documents have...