Houston has two intermediate appellate courts: the First and the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Both sit downtown and cover the same district: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties. Cases are assigned randomly between the two courts. We have handled more cases in these two courts than in any others.
The two courts behave differently despite sharing the same district. The First Court holds oral argument in about 36% of criminal cases—the highest rate of any Texas court of appeals. On the Fourteenth Court side: after a court of appeals decides a criminal case, either party can ask the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider the outcome by filing a Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR). The CCA grants—agrees to hear—about 7.8% of PDRs from Fourteenth Court decisions, the second-highest acceptance rate in the state, and when it takes a case, rules against the lower court about 77% of the time.
First Court of Appeals — Cases
- 01-25-00646-CR — Escarenio v. State — direct appeal — continuous sexual abuse of a child
- 01-24-00855-CR — Robinson v. State — direct appeal — online solicitation of a minor
- 01-23-00216-CR — Ex parte Estevez — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-23-00176-CR — Ex parte McGee — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-23-00174-CR — Ex parte Eugene — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-22-00538-CR — Herrera v. State — direct appeal — disorderly conduct
- 01-22-00583-CR — Ex parte Robinson — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-21-00532-CR — Ex parte Limberger — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-20-00719-CR — Ex parte Trevino — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 01-20-00344-CR — Ex parte Dehnert — pretrial habeas corpus (10 counts)
- 01-19-00402-CR — Kose v. State — direct appeal — online solicitation of a minor
- 01-19-00168-CR — Balanzar v. State — direct appeal — aggravated sexual assault
- 01-18-01124-CR — Ex parte Hartley — pretrial habeas corpus
- 01-18-00523-CR — In re Walsdorf — mandamus
- 01-18-00346-CR — Ex parte McGregor — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 01-17-00923-CR — Ex parte Bishop — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 01-17-00661-CR — Ex parte Mora — post-conviction habeas corpus
Fourteenth Court of Appeals — Cases
- 14-25-00061-CR — Roberts v. State — direct appeal — possession of controlled substance in a penal institution
- 14-23-00924-CR — Ex parte Butschek — pretrial habeas corpus
- 14-23-00505-CR — Farias v. State — direct appeal — aggravated robbery
- 14-22-00237-CR — Hart v. State — direct appeal — aggravated sexual assault
- 14-21-00575-CR — Ex parte Duckens — pretrial habeas corpus
- 14-21-00256-CR — Ex parte Fusselman — post-conviction habeas corpus (10 counts)
- 14-21-00114-CR — Ex parte Irsan — post-conviction habeas corpus — capital murder
- 14-19-01005-CR — Ex parte Ordonez — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 14-19-00248-CR — Ex parte Jones — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 14-19-00119-CR — Dupuy v. State — direct appeal — online harassment
- 14-18-00534-CR — Ex parte Hamilton — post-conviction habeas corpus
- 14-16-00955-CR — Echenwune v. State — direct appeal — engaging in organized criminal activity
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