The Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for criminal matters in Texas. Nine judges sit in Austin and decide the cases the court chooses to hear—through petitions for discretionary review from courts of appeals decisions, and through habeas corpus applications filed directly with the court after conviction.
The CCA does not take every case. It takes cases that present important, unsettled, or conflicting legal questions. Getting the court’s attention requires a petition that frames the issue in terms the court will recognize as worth its time.
How the CCA decides criminal cases
The chart below tracks every criminal case through the Court of Criminal Appeals: who filed, what the court did with it, and who won. Filter by date range, click any node to see the cases behind it.
Our Petitions for Discretionary Review
Every case below is one where the Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to review the case, or where the court granted habeas relief.
- PD-0252-26 — Robinson — PDR — online solicitation of a minor
- PD-0178-26 — Lankford — PDR — possession of child pornography
- PD-0174-26 — Johnson — PDR — possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance
- PD-0077-26 — Whitehead — PDR — false report to a peace officer
- PD-0692-25 — Williams — PDR — promotion of prostitution
- PD-0556-25 — Garcia — PDR — assault
- PD-0541-25 — Barrera — PDR — murder
- PD-0526-25 — Young — PDR — DWI
- PD-0523-25 — Nguyen — PDR — murder
- PD-0510-25 — Barber — PDR — intoxication manslaughter
- PD-0479-25 — Williams — PDR — murder
- PD-0358-25 — Mejia — PDR — aggravated assault
- PD-0176-25 — Hernandez — PDR — evading arrest or detention
- PD-0581-24 — Ex parte Estevez — PDR — DWI
- PD-0517-24 — Ex parte McGee — PDR — DWI
- PD-0480-24 — Gutierrez — PDR — aggravated sexual assault of a child
- PD-0461-24 — Ex parte Eugene — PDR — DWI
- PD-0451-24 — Jackson — PDR — possession of methamphetamine
- PD-0205-24 — Cuarenta — PDR — speeding
- PD-0075-24 — Owens — PDR — harassment
- PD-0616-23 — Strickland — PDR — possession of methamphetamine
- PD-0290-23 — Alkayyali — PDR — murder
- PD-0148-23 — Floyd — PDR — aggravated robbery
- PD-0099-23 — Williams — PDR — promotion of prostitution
- PD-0422-22 — Ex parte Couch — PDR — money laundering
- PD-0349-21 — Ex parte Couch — PDR — money laundering
- PD-0145-21 — Ex parte Ordonez — PDR — harassment
- PD-0096-21 — Chen — PDR — harassment
- PD-0695-20 — Spillman — PDR — assault on a public servant
- PD-1123-19 — Ex parte Barton — PDR — harassment
- PD-0478-19 — Ex parte Nuncio — PDR — harassment
- PD-0469-19 — Ex parte Sanders — PDR — harassment
- PD-0552-18 — Ex parte Jones — PDR — unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material
Habeas Corpus — Article 11.07
- WR-96,658-01 — Ex parte Williams — post-conviction habeas corpus — online solicitation of a minor
- WR-92,622-01 — Ex parte [expunged] — post-conviction habeas corpus
- WR-89,524-01 — Ex parte Benedict — post-conviction habeas corpus — online solicitation of a minor
- WR-88,187-01 — Ex parte Honolka — post-conviction habeas corpus — online solicitation of a minor
- WR-87,925-01 — Ex parte Perry — post-conviction habeas corpus — online solicitation of a minor
- WR-84,565-01 — Ex parte Cook (Kerry Max Cook) — post-conviction habeas corpus — wrongful conviction
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