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Cases

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Decisions the desk read

All decisions

Texas · Oct 30, 2026Omar Monarca-Hernandez v. the State of Texas Ineffective counsel Identification
Texas · Oct 30, 2026Lavillia Chantael Spry v. the State of Texas Ineffective counsel Sufficiency of evidence
Texas · Oct 30, 2026Blain Bradley Talasek v. the State of Texas Ineffective counsel
Texas · Oct 21, 2026Brent Laray Tucker v. the State of Texas Forensic evidence

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On the wire

OpinionTX · Oct 30, 2026
Lavillia Chantael Spry v. the State of Texas CourtListener
OpinionTX · Oct 30, 2026
Omar Monarca-Hernandez v. the State of Texas CourtListener
OpinionTX · Oct 21, 2026
Brent Laray Tucker v. the State of Texas CourtListener
ReportTX · Sep 28, 2026
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Refuses to Grant Relief to Melissa Lucio, Despite Trial Court’s Finding of Actual Innocence deathpenaltyinfo.org

Where to turn

Appeal courts

Public defenders

Texas Indigent Defense Commission State commission; not itself counsel.
Sixth Amendment Center: Texas Explains how indigent defense is organised in the state.

Innocence organisations

Time to appeal

P. 26.2(a): notice of appeal must be filed "(1) within 30 days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court, or after the day the trial court enters an appealable order; or (2) within 90 days after the day sentence is imposed or suspended in open court if the defendant timely files a motion for new trial."

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Rules of appeal

What we watch here

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