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21 May 2017, 7:56 am
CCA 201719026 (May 12, 2017)Follow @crubincrubin [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 5:55 am
But defendants have no right to counsel to help write and file the writs in which they seek to convince the CCA to grant such a hearing. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:31 am
CCA takeover would make Harris County Jail largest private prison2. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 7:36 am
His latest comentary on the CCA ruling is, "The State of Texas: Third World Justice," posted at the Atlantic Correspondents blog.It's been another extraordinarily bad stretch of days for those dwindling few lawyers, judges and politicians who stand ready still to publicly defend Texas's unjust, unkempt, and often unconscionable criminal justice system.Things are so bad in the Lonsestar State, in fact, that the same officials who… [read post]
16 Jun 2008, 6:27 am
Jeff Rambin over at the Tyler Appeals blog summarizes the controversy over the Court of Criminal Appeals proposed deletion of what Judge Cathy Cochran called a "vestigal tail" with "no wag" - the attorney client privilege Rule 503(b)(2), and concludes the CCA shouldn't rush to change it. [read post]
26 Sep 2009, 6:36 am
Orona, 2009 CCA LEXIS 345 (A.F. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 5:02 am
The CCA granted the State's petition for discretionary review with oral argument in this Bexar County murder on the following issue:Did the Court of Appeals err in equating the use of deception in the creation of a document for interrogation purposes with a violation of Tex. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 6:45 am
CCA 20170170. [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 3:35 pm
If you're aware of a significant military justice event on the upcoming schedule -- such as a CCA oral argument or an important court-martial -- please drop us a line and let us know. [read post]
11 Mar 2007, 4:26 am
For those of you who are curious about trends in the number of oral arguments at the various CCA's, no surprises this year -- the numbers remain low. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 8:11 am
While I don’t normally note military commission developments on this blog, I’ve posted this opinion because the Court of Military Commission Review consists of CCA judges dual-hatted as appellate judges in the military commission system. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 7:30 am
So far, Bill from the CCA has testified. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 5:47 am
Only three CCA judges - Cochran, Price, and Holcomb - dissented to that embarrassing ruling. [read post]
2 May 2009, 5:45 am
Now we'll see if the same can be said for how the CCA receives his findings.ALSO: See coverage from the ABA Journal. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 7:40 am
CCA 36773. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 2:26 pm
But the CCA remanded the case, ordering the trial court to take testimony from the prosecutor in question, which is what will happen Monday.For more background, see past coverage from the Dallas Morning News and the national Innocence Project, which represents Mr. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 5:19 am
Despite agreement by the trial judge and the appellate court, the CCA granted cert to consider whether they agree. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 8:39 am
Rounding out Grits' synopsis of interesting cases from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hand down list last week (see also here, here, here, and here), I should mention that the Court overturned five more drug convictions on Wednesday because lab reports came back after the plea deal saying there were no drugs or less drugs than alleged by the government.These cases have become increasingly common. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 5:49 am
Yesterday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out Hannah Overton's capital murder conviction based on ineffective assistance of counsel and ordered a new trial. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 8:53 am
While I've been focused elsewhere, the notorious Charles Hood case - in which the judge and prosecutor admitted 18 years after the fact they were carrying on an affair prior to and during the defendants' capital murder trial - has taken a new, odd twist, with the Court of Criminal Appeals seemingly searching for any possible excuse not to delve too deeply into the extramarital indiscretions of their former colleague, Verla Sue Hollland. [read post]
