| Presiding Judge Sharon Keller Place 1 Sharon Keller was first elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1994. She was elected Presiding Judge in 2000 and re-elected to that position in 2006. She is the first woman to have served on the Court. A native Texan, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy... more |
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| Judge Lawrence E. Meyers Place 2 Judge Lawrence Edward Meyers of Fort Worth was elected to the Court of Criminal Appeals on November 8, 1992 and is the first Republican and Court of Appeals Justice elected to the court. Prior to Judge Meyers' election to the Court of Criminal Appeals, he served as an Associate... more |
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| Judge Tom Price Place 3 Judge Tom Price was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in November 1996 and is only the third person from Dallas to be elected to this position. Judge Price was born in Des Moines, Iowa and came to Texas in 1957. He attended Highland Park High School in Dallas... more |
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| Judge Paul Womack Place 4 Paul Womack and wife Sally L. Ray, who is a lawyer and licensed professional counselor, live in Georgetown. Womack was born in 1947 and reared in Louisiana. He was graduated from Louisiana State University in 1970, and from the University of Texas School of Law in 1975... more |
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| Judge Cheryl Johnson Place 5 Judge Cheryl Johnson was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on November 3, 1998. Judge Johnson was born September 30, 1946. She received her high school diploma from Whetstone High School, Columbus, Ohio, in 1964. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from... more |
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| Judge Michael E. Keasler Place 6 Judge Michael E. Keasler earned his B.A. and L.L.B. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1969, he was appointed assistant district attorney for Dallas County, where he served for twelve years. He was a senior felony chief prosecutor in the Career Criminal Division... more |
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| Judge Barbara Parker Hervey Place 7 Judge Barbara Parker Hervey, was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in November 2000.Prior to her election, she was Assistant Criminal District Attorney in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, Appellate Section for 16 years. She is a native of New Jersey... more |
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Judge Elsa Alcala Place 8 In May 2011, Judge Elsa Alcala became a judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas's court of last resort for criminal appeals. She was appointed to the court by Governor Rick Perry and unanimously confirmed by the Texas Senate. .. more |
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| Judge Cathy Cochran Place 9 Judge Cathy Cochran, known as Cathleen Cochran Herasimchuk before she shortened her name, was appointed to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 2001. A frequent lecturer for the State Bar, the Texas District & County Attorney's Association and the University of Houston... more |
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Updated: 31-May-2011
