With the latest amendment to TCCP art. 2.09, as of 2019 in Texas, “magistrates” are defined as: the justices of the Supreme Court; the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals; the justices of the Courts of Appeals; the judges of the District Court; the magistrates appointed by the judges of the district courts of Bexar County, Dallas County, or Tarrant County that give preference to criminal cases; the criminal law hearing officers for Harris County appointed under Subchapter L,… [read post]