According to Ramsey, this is up from 47,238 total cases that were pending before Harris County criminal district courts at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Pornographic images were displayed Tuesday during virtual proceedings for several Harris County Courts at Law, which operate out of the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, 1201 Franklin St.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Should Harris County add six extra district courts? Harris County commissioners are exploring the proposal as a way to reduce the county's huge criminal case backlog.

The Harris County district and county court judges who require needless appearances do it to move their almighty docket. In federal court, over 90 percent of those accused plead guilty .

Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 16 will proceed as planned with scheduled cases and trials. Canceled bond dockets in the other 15 courts will be rescheduled. To find your new date, monitor ...

Criminal Justice Officials consider building new courts, bigger facility to ease overcrowding at Harris County Jail. Last year, 27 people died in the jail — the highest number in nearly two decades.

Candidates are vying in seven races for Harris County Criminal Courts-at-Law, which hear misdemeanor criminal cases. Court-At-Law No. 1: Helm vs. Frankoff In the race for County Criminal Court-at ...

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said the criminal court backlog has decreased by 21 percent since 2021, but they still have a way to go in a press conference Wednesday, April 12, in Houston.

But between February 28, 2020 and July 21, 2021, the number of stale cases increased by 182 percent, according to our analysis of case data provided by Harris County district court officials ...

Should voters care whether a judge is popular among the lawyers practicing in his court? The answer is key in deciding who should don the black robe in Harris County’s 177th Criminal District ...

In 1998, a Harris County court was asked to overturn a young death row prisoner’s conviction, ... Last month, the Court of Criminal Appeals, now used to the Houston chaos, ...

With crime and safety being top issues for Harris County voters, there was a major push by the GOP to oust Democratic criminal court judges. To stream KHOU 11 on your phone, you need the KHOU 11 ...