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Is a “competency to stand trial’ exam a precursor to an insanity defense? No. Here are the differences.

Is a “competency to stand trial’ exam a precursor to an insanity defense? No. Here are the differences.

How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.

In addition to the weekly Thursday grand jury, Denton County will also hold a weekly grand jury on Tuesdays starting Oct. 3.

(The Center Square) – An attorney at the center of allegations made by the Texas House in impeachment Article 5 levied against suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton disputed the content

After Austin Colson's arrest, his family learned that the San Marcos police department based the case against him on thin evidence.

Instead, the department will confiscate the drug, release the person if possession is their only charge, file a criminal report and seek an arrest warrant from the Brazos County Attorney’s Office.

PROGRESO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On a cold Thursday night in January, the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office dispatched two deputies to the Progreso International Bridge. Progreso Mayor Gerardo “Jerry” Alanis and his brother, Progreso school board President Francisco “Frank” Alanis, had just returned from Mexico.

When can you make a citizen’s arrest in Fort Worth? Here’s what the law says.

Attorneys for Austin police officer Christopher Taylor cite media coverage, juror intimidation and Taylor is accused of shooting and killing Mike Ramos in Southeast Austin in 2020.