CCA

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CCA is the highest state court in Texas for criminal cases, serving as the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the state.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CCA canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
state supreme court for criminal cases ⓘ
abbreviation Tex. Crim. App. ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor all lower Texas courts in criminal cases ⓘ
buildingSharedWith Supreme Court of Texas Building ⓘ
caseType criminal appeals ⓘ
coequalWith Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court
competence criminal law ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article V of the Texas Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType court of last resort ⓘ
decisionsCanBeReviewedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
establishedBy Texas Constitution ⓘ
finalAuthorityOn interpretation of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
interpretation of Texas criminal law ⓘ
fullName Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
handlesAppealsFrom Texas intermediate courts of appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
Texas trial courts in certain cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo issue writs of habeas corpus ⓘ
issue writs of mandamus in criminal matters ⓘ
issue writs of prohibition in criminal matters ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeTitle Presiding Judge ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle Judge ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver capital punishment habeas corpus proceedings ⓘ
post-conviction applications for writs of habeas corpus in felony cases ⓘ
hearsCases en banc ⓘ
in panels ⓘ
highestCourtFor criminal cases in Texas ⓘ
isSeparateFrom Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court
jurisdiction State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
levelOfAppeal court of last resort for criminal matters ⓘ
locatedIn Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin

Travis County, Texas ⓘ
mandatoryReview direct appeals in death penalty cases ⓘ
mayReview death penalty cases ⓘ
regionServed Texas ⓘ
seat Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin
selectionMethod statewide partisan election ⓘ
shortName CCA ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal appeals and related matters ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
website https://www.txcourts.gov/cca/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals → shortName → CCA ⓘ
subject linked to: CCA