The latest Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals news from The Texas Tribune. By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune March 21, 2025 Critics fear increased election prosecutions could ...

There was no explanation from the justices about why Escobar's appeal met a different fate. Unlike in Glossip's case, Escobar is not facing imminent execution. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ...

Brittany Marlowe Holberg was convicted in 1998 of robbing and murdering an 80-year-old man in his Amarillo home. The appeals ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the stay "until further order of this court" without explanation. The order came just over 48 hours before Wood, 67, was set to be executed by lethal ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, issued a stay of execution after his latest appeal, which renewed his claims of innocence. The court put Wood’s ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' brief order on Tuesday recognized the claims in death row inmate David Leonard Woods appeal and granted an indefinite stay of his execution. (Miguel Gutierrez ...

But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal court, issued a stay of execution after his latest appeal, which renewed his claims of innocence. The court put Wood's ...

A divided federal appeals court is sticking with its conclusion that a citizen journalist in Texas cannot sue officials over ...

A bill passed by the Texas Senate could affect the criminal case against Fort Bend County Judge KP George, who was indicted ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that because of flawed legal reasoning from lower courts, a juvenile judge must reconsider ...

The Texas Education Agency is now permitted to publish its 2023 A-F school accountability ratings after an appeals court on Thursday lifted an injunction that had previously blocked their release.