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  • Feb. 23, 2026 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    Fifth Circuit Holds Noncitizens Present Without Admission Are Subject to Mandatory Detention Without Bond During Removal Proceedings

    Victor Buenrostro-Mendez v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General, et al., consolidated with Jose Padron Covarrubias v. Miguel Vergara, ICE Field Office Director, San Antonio ICE Detention and Removal, et al.

  • Feb. 9, 2026 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Actual-Innocence Relief to Carmen Mejia in Travis County Felony-Murder Case

    Ex parte Carmen Mejia

  • Oct. 6, 2025 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Convicting Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Death-Row Inmate’s Constitutional Habeas Challenge to Execution Drugs

    Ex parte William Keith Speer

  • Sep. 22, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    Fifth Circuit Panel Enjoins Removals Under Alien Enemies Act, Holding March 2025 Proclamation Does Not Identify an Invasion or Predatory Incursion

    W.M.M., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al.

  • Sep. 8, 2025 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals, on Rehearing, Withdraws 2024 Opinion and Holds Ethics Commission Referral Is Not a Precondition to Election-Law Prosecution

    Ex parte Robbie Gail Charette

  • May. 19, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States

    Supreme Court Enjoins Alien Enemies Act Removals of Detainees in Northern District of Texas and Vacates Fifth Circuit’s Dismissal of Their Appeal

    A. A. R. P., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.

  • Mar. 10, 2025 · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    Fifth Circuit Vacates Capital Murder Conviction of Brittany Holberg, Holding State Court Unreasonably Applied Brady to Undisclosed Informant Evidence

    Brittany Marlowe Holberg v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

  • Dec. 2, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Grants New Trial to Randy Halprin, Finding Trial Judge Was Actually Biased Against Him Because He Is Jewish

    Ex parte Randy Ethan Halprin

  • Nov. 25, 2024 · Supreme Court of Texas

    Supreme Court of Texas Holds House Committee’s Subpoena Cannot Be Judicially Enforced to Cancel Roberson Execution

    In re Texas House of Representatives

  • Nov. 11, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Vacates Travis County Restraining Order That Had Blocked Robert Roberson’s Execution

    In re Texas Department of Criminal Justice ex rel. Ken Paxton

  • Jul. 8, 2024 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

    Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief to Kerry Max Cook on Actual-Innocence Claim in 1977 Smith County Murder

    Ex parte Kerry Max Cook

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