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The State Bar of Texas (the Texas Bar) is an agency of the judiciary under the administrative control of the Texas Supreme Court. The Texas Bar is responsible for assisting the Texas Supreme Court in overseeing all attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas. Officers Judge Roy Bean, a Justice of the Peace and "The Law West of the Pecos"
Gina M. Benavides. Georgina "Gina" Martinez Benavides (born December 6, 1962) is a justice at the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals based in Corpus Christi and Edinburg. She was first elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2012. [1] She is a member of the Democratic Party and resides in McAllen, Texas .
Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department ( TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Central Services Building (CSB) in Austin . It was created on December 1, 2011, replacing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. [1]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas.The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails, and private correctional facilities, funding and certain oversight of community supervision, and supervision of offenders released from prison on ...
Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, or more colloquially as juvie/juvy or the Juvey Joint, also sometimes referred to as observation home or remand home is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they have been ...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ( CCA) is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in Texas. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, [1] is composed of a presiding judge and eight judges. Article V of the Texas Constitution vests the judicial power of the state and describes the Court's ...
Salinas v. Texas, 570 US 178 (2013), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which the court held 5-4 decision, declaring that the Fifth amendment's self-incrimination clause does not extend to defendants who simply choose to remain silent during questioning, even though no arrest has been made nor the Miranda rights read to a defendant.
Tahirih Justice Center. 2016 Hispanic Bar Association of DC Hugh A. Johnson Jr. Memorial Award (Greater DC Office) 2014 Social Impact Business Plan Exchange Competition Finalist; 2013 Night Court Pro Bono Award (Houston, Texas Office) 2008 The Washingtonian Best Local Charities Award; 2007 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Non-Profit ...