Tag: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Appellate law helps to ensure a fair trial in the criminal justice system. Here’s what you need to know about appeals and why you should have a Dallas appeals lawyer on your team. Dallas Criminal Appeals — Every person who is involved in a criminal trial wants to be on the winning side of the…
Another execution has been halted in Texas just days before a death row inmate was slated to die. Last Friday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of a man who was convicted of a murder during a robbery in Fort Worth in 2004. The Texas Tribune reported it was the second time…
Texas is one of just seven states nationally that treats 17-year-old offenders as adults in the criminal justice system. That may be about to change if a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility becomes law. A bill to raise the age from 17 to 18 was passed in the House last week, reported…
Texas’ highest criminal court has not often been receptive to the arguments of criminal defense attorneys that their clients should be spared the death penalty in the past. But six reprieves handed down by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in recent weeks have led commentators to ask if the court is taking a new…
Texas criminal defense attorney reports on the case of a man recently executed after raising an appeal citing mental impairment. A Texas man was recently executed in connection with multiple murder convictions stemming from a 1997 shooting. Texas criminal defense attorney Mick Mickelsen, who has no direct connection to the case reports that the man,…
The abuse-of-power case against former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been dismissed. The felony criminal case against former Texas Governor Rick Perry has been dismissed. Reports say that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals made their 6-2 decision on February 24, ending the abuse-of-power case against Perry that according to the former governor had an…