The Twelfth Court of Appeals sits in Tyler and covers Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.
After a court of appeals decision, either party can file a Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR) asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider the outcome. The CCA grants only about 1.9% of PDRs from Twelfth Court decisions—the second-lowest acceptance rate in the state—but every case it has agreed to hear from this court over the past five years has ended with the lower court being reversed. Three justices cover 17 counties across Deep East Texas.
Twelfth Court of Appeals — Cases
- 12-17-00346-CR — Ex parte Jones — post-conviction habeas corpus
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