Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about primary runoff candidates, The Texas Tribune has compiled background information on the Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 3 in the May 26 runoff. For a full list of candidates, view our primary runoff ballot page. For more information on the runoffs and the voting process, check out our guides and news coverage here.
About the elected seat: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is perhaps best known for its decisions on death penalty cases, such as blocking Robert Roberson’s execution and most recently overturning Clarence Curtis Jordan’s sentence after he had spent 47 years on death row. In addition, it reviews criminal appeals from lower courts as well as petitions from anyone convicted of a state felony who wants to challenge their detention’s legality.
The panel includes one presiding judge and eight other judges. They are all elected statewide for staggered six-year terms.
