NCJ Number
84484
Date Published
1982
Length
651 pages
Annotation
The Texas judicial system changed significantly in 1981 with the conversion of the previous courts of civil appeals into courts of appeals having intermediate appellate jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases, thus providing for the first time an intermediate appeal in criminal cases.
Abstract
The report includes charts delineating the court structur, maps, profiles of trial judges, and directories. Specific sections are devoted to the judicial branch's structure and operation and court activities for the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, court of appeals, district courts, county-level courts, juvenile courts, justice of the peace courts, and municipal courts. Detailed court statistics are given.