Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Halts Six Executions
Texas’ highest criminal court has not often been receptive to the arguments of criminal defense attorneys that their clients should be spared... Read More
Texas Halts Execution of Nicaraguan Illegal Immigrant Convicted of Murder
Texas has an unenviable reputation as the execution capital of the United States. Although the number of executions carried out in Texas... Read More
Texas Board Certification in Criminal Appellate Law
In 2011, Texas enacted a program to certify specialists in criminal appellate law. There has long been board certification in criminal law,... Read More
Arguing an Important Case before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
On December 10, 2008, the Court of Criminal Appeals (the Texas Supreme Court for Criminal Cases), in a case that I... Read More
Difference Between an Appeal and an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
People are often confused as to the difference between an appeal of a criminal case and an Application for a Writ of... Read More