Eighth Court of Appeals

The Eighth Court of Appeals was created by the legislature in 1911. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and two justices and has appellate jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases appealed from district and county courts in the 17 counties listed below; in civil cases where the judgment exceeds $100, exclusive of costs, and in criminal cases, except in post-conviction writs of habeas corpus and where the death penalty has been imposed. Death penalty cases are appealed directly to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. The Court also has jurisdiction over original proceedings from those 17 counties such as Writs of Mandamus, Injunction, Prohibition and Habeas Corpus.

The State of Texas is divided into fourteen courts of appeals districts. Each court has a chief justice and at least two justices. Texas has eighty justices serving on the fourteen courts of appeals. The Eighth Court of Appeals is located in El Paso County.

Counties Served

• Andrews
• Brewster
• Crane
• Crockett
• Culberson
• El Paso
• Hudspeth
• Jeff Davis
• Loving
• Pecos
• Presidio
• Reagan
• Reeves
• Terrell
• Upton
• Ward
• Winkler

Legal Citation

• Texas Constitution, Article V, § 1
• Texas Government Code Annotated, § 22.201