The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the murder conviction of a Corpus Christi man who was serving life in prison for a 2002 double homicide.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has vacated the capital murder conviction of Joe David Padron, agreeing that false ...

A man convicted in the robbery and stabbing of a Walmart loss prevention worker was declared innocent by the Texas Court of ...

A judge has recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, after finding that Janelle Haverkamp, now the county's sole ...

President Trump issued a proclamation on March 14 invoking the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport Venezuelan migrants who ...

Trump told reporters he would be in favor of sending American prisoners to El Salvador Sunday but that he doesn't "know what ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Over the past couple of conferences ...

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

According to the April report from the State Bar of Texas, one judge received a public admonition, and six attorneys faced disciplinary actions. The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel at the State ...

A Texas appeals court has affirmed a lower ... set to appear before Judge John Stevens in Jefferson County's Criminal District Court on May 13, 2025, for hearing on a motion to revoke his probation.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that because of flawed legal reasoning from lower courts, a juvenile judge must reconsider whether a Houston man will be tried as an adult for a capital murder allegedly ...

PARIS/HENIN-BEAUMONT, April 1 (Reuters) - A Paris court said on Tuesday ... "As a matter of law, any criminal decision with serious consequences should be subject to appeal," he said, adding ...