AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex ...

A multi-joint effort between the Smith County District Attorney's Office and police agencies from all over Smith County will participate in the 'No-Refusal' DWI Campaign once again ... the legal limit for driving in Texas. The Tyler Police Department ...

While researching the book, Meister came to realize that many of the historic courthouses in Texas were in bad shape. The courthouse in Gonzales had been condemned, and the county offices were operating out of an old grocery store, Meister said.

AUSTIN, Texas—A man accused of ... Reports from the Travis County Sheriff's Department initially said Daniel had ingested medication then later said he had not. Neither Daniel's lawyer, Bill White, nor prosecutors would comment on his ...

But not until last month did Buda and Austin ... have a direct link to the crime, Austin police officials said. Other law enforcement agencies said they did not have a repository of information on rape kits. The Hays County sheriff's office ...

I have been following some interesting tracking developments in Texas affecting court reporters for about a year now. As I noted in June 2011, an article in the Austin Statesman took a look at the subject and wondered if the job of court reporter was starting to resemble a "system of medieval scribes" that might not be long for this world. Earlier in 2011, the Texas Conference of State Court ...

AUSTIN, Texas_Texas' highest criminal court should overturn the capital ... She said she panicked, then buried the boy's body in a Bell County field before fleeing to Missouri, where she was found and arrested 11 days later. The search for the boy's ...

“The efforts of the Austin Police Department Sex Crimes Unit and Crime Laboratory, the Buda Police Department, and the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory led to the identification of Montoya in the San Marcos case,” Dunn said.

AUSTIN ... An attorney for the city admitted that officials are not sure they won't make that claim in court. Judge Jenkins ruled that as long as the Texas Land Office remains in the suit the case will be tried in Travis County.

Culp says he believes Russell went to the clinic to commit suicide. The lawyer from Austin, Texas, says Russell's lack of memory is an obstacle to the defense at his court martial. Five pre-meditated murder charges were filed Wednesday against Russell.

AUSTIN -- Tubing businesses in New Braunfels ... claim in court. Judge Jenkins ruled that as long as the Texas Land Office remains in the suit the case will be tried in Travis County. If the office agrees to drop out, Judge Jenkins said he'll move it to ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex ...

A majority of Texas lawyers say they support Democratic Austin criminal defense attorney Keith Hampton in his bid to oust Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller at the polls this November. Of the nearly 9,300 lawyers ...

AUSTIN, Fla., May 15 (UPI) -- The planned execution of a mentally ill man in Texas has been stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

... County grand jury decided Tuesday that an Austin officer will not face charges after fatally shooting a man who fired his weapon at police last year, officials at the Travis County district attorney's office said. Officer Steven Pena fatally shot ...

She interned with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office ... She worked for the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy in Los Angeles, California, and Disability Rights Texas. Nishimura has been awarded a two-year post-graduate fellowship ...

And the sun will come up the next morning. Smith, an Austin lawyer, represented Travis County in the Texas House from 1981 until 1991. He also was an assistant to ex-Gov. George W. Bush and former House Speaker Tom Craddick.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the state to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned. Billy Frederick Allen's attempts to get the money have been ...

A federal judge in Austin has stopped Texas from banning Planned Parenthood from participating in the state's Women's Health Program.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex ...

Gonzales, a neighborhood activist ... He opposes toll roads but said that Texas 45 Southwest needs to be built out, a move Huber opposed. He also said the county should build its multimillion-dollar courthouse outside downtown to ease traffic woes there.

... linked to the 2010 death of man who was lured from a Central Texas bar, robbed and shot. A judge in Georgetown on Wednesday sentenced Veronica Ortiz to 35 years in prison. Isabel Gonzales received a 15-year term. The Austin American-Statesman reports ...

Clarksville, TN ... t many jobs.” Not discouraged, he decided to go The University of Texas Law School in Austin, Texas. He graduated in 1983 and worked for a federal judge for one year. Not long after, he became a Litigation Attorney ...

Judge blocks Texas's plans to restrict Planned Parenthood Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:57 p.m., Monday, April 30, 2012 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Austin has stopped Texas from banning Planned Parenthood from participating in the Women's Health Program ...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ordered ... saying she was urged to lie by her mother as part of a bitter child custody battle. In the years since, she has worked to establish his innocence. Bell County Attorney Rick Miller, who will decide whether ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three Texas football players have been cited ... They allegedly refused to leave after another man told police that Barnett threatened him. Jail records Tuesday did not indicate any of the men were in custody.

The Austin, Texas-based makers of SceneTap say the app doesn't identify ... whether by a hacker or under a court order. "Even if everything is happening the way it is supposed to, then the next question is, gee, is that good enough?" Tien said.

Culp says he believes Russell went to the clinic to commit suicide. The lawyer from Austin, Texas, says Russell's lack of memory is an obstacle to the defense at his court martial. Five pre-meditated murder charges were filed Wednesday against Russell.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court has upheld the child sex abuse conviction of a polygamous group member who was sentenced to 75 years in prison. The Third Texas Court of Appeals in Austin upheld Merrill's conviction for sexual assault of a child on Thursday and rejected his 35-point appeal.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his ... are innocent," Blackburn said. "This is a major step forward in terms of opening up ...

AUSTIN — A judge has reluctantly reversed his own ruling and found that the Texas Department of Public Safety doesn't have to release travel records of Gov. Rick Perry's security detail. The Austin American-Statesman reported Friday that District Judge Scott Jenkins decided a day earlier that releasing officers' travel vouchers and receipts could compromise the governor's safety. The judge ...

A judge has ordered prison for two sisters linked to the 2010 death of man who was lured from a Central Texas bar, robbed and shot

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court ordered the state Friday to pay about $2 million to an ex-inmate who spent 26 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned, a decision legal experts said could set a new standard for when ex ...

The former state solicitor general told about 75 supporters Tuesday that if West Texas' values were spread across the U.S., the ills that threaten the country could be solved. Cruz visited a Lubbock equipment ... Defense attorneys say the boy hurt himself ...

The verbal warfare between state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, and re-election challenger Elizabeth Ames Jones has been vicious in recent weeks, and took another turn Thursday as the incumbent sued Jones alleging he was defamed in her latest radio commercial. Jones, a former Texas Railroad Commission member and legislator, stood by her allegations in a statement released after the suit was ...

The driver of the car is in jail, and another victim is recovering from surgery. The accident happened under the Lamar Boulevard bridge where ... He says she is a professor at the University of Texas, and she went into surgery Tuesday morning.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the state of Texas can exclude Planned Parenthood from a state health program for low-income women because the organization performs abortions. The ruling by 5th U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith reversed a lower court ruling Monday in favor of the family planning organization. The emergency ruling on Tuesday means the state is free ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has ordered the state to ... Allen was convicted of two 1983 Dallas-area murders. He was freed in 2009 and sued the state for compensation for wrongful imprisonment.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Take a handful of candidates ... a retired industrial lab technician from San Benito, and Joe Cotten, a financial adviser from Frisco. If no one captures more than 50 percent of the voter, the top two finishers will compete in ...

Texas' highly charged voter ID law, which passed along party lines last year ... of discrimination must have all changes to election law "pre-cleared" by a federal court or the Justice Department before they can be enacted. The Justice Department declined ...

Culp says he believes Russell went to the clinic to commit suicide. The lawyer from Austin, Texas, says Russell's lack of memory is an obstacle to the defense at his court martial. Five pre-meditated murder charges were filed Wednesday against Russell.