Court of Criminal Appeals
Activity for the Year Ended August 31, 1997

  Counties from Which Petitions for  
  Discretionary Review Were Filed  
   
  No. of No. of No. of No. of  
  County Petitions County Petitions County Petitions County Petitions  
  Harris 502 Wichita 6 Henderson 2 Hamilton 1  
  Dallas 225 Angelina 5 Kendall 2 Harrison 1  
  Tarrant 194 Guadalupe 5 Kleberg 2 Hopkins 1  
  Bexar 86 Hale 5 LImestone 2 Howard 1  
  Travis 44 Kerr 5 Llano 2 Jeff Davis 1  
  Fort Bend 30 Midland 5 Marion 2 Jim Wells 1  
  El Paso 29 Parker 5 Randall 2 Karnes 1  
  Denton 25 Walker 5 Rusk 2 Kaufman 1  
  Smith 24 Anderson 4 Shelby 2 KImble 1  
  Lubbock 23 Brazos 4 Upton 2 Knox 1  
  Bell 20 Chambers 4 Val Verde 2 Lamb 1  
  Gregg 19 Deaf Smith 4 Willacy 2 Lampasas 1  
  Cameron 18 Frio 4 Winkler 2 McCulloch 1  
  Potter 18 Grayson 4 Wise 2 Medina 1  
  Jefferson 17 Madison 4 Yoakum 2 Mitchell 1  
  Hidalgo 16 Palo Pinto 4 Archer 1 Navarro 1  
  De Witt 14 Tom Green 4 Bandera 1 Nolan 1  
  McLennan 14 Van Zandt 4 Bastrop 1 Ochiltree 1  
  Taylor 14 Webb 4 Baylor 1 Panola 1  
  Galveston 11 Bee 3 Brown 1 Rains 1  
  Montgomery 11 Bosque 3 Burleson 1 Reagan 1  
  Nueces 11 Coryell 3 Calhoun 1 Refugio 1  
  Collin 10 Hays 3 Cass 1 Robertson 1  
  Ector 10 Hill 3 Childress 1 Rockwall 1  
  Williamson 10 Hood 3 Comal 1 Runnels 1  
  Upshur 9 Johnson 3 Comanche 1 San Saba 1  
  Matagorda 8 Moore 3 Dawson 1 Scurry 1  
  Nacogdoches 8 Polk 3 Duval 1 Stephens 1  
  Atascosa 7 San Patricio 3 Eastland 1 Titus 1  
  Brazoria 7 Aransas 2 Ellis 1 Ward 1  
  Jackson 7 Burnet 2 Fannin 1 Wilbarger 1  
  Lamar 7 Collingsworth 2 Franklin 1 Wood 1  
  Orange 7 Colorado 2 Gillespie 1  
  Victoria 7 Cooke 2 Goliad 1 TOTAL 1,677  
  Liberty 6 Erath 2 Gray 1  
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  Courts of Appeals from Which Petitions for  
  Discretionary Review Were Filed  
   
   
  FIRST, Houston 233 EIGHTH, El Paso 59  
  SECOND, Fort Worth 241 NINTH, Beaumont 49  
  THIRD, Austin 95 TENTH, Waco 51  
  FOURTH, San Antonio 137 ELEVENTH, Eastland 81  
  FIFTH, Dallas 166 TWELFTH, Tyler 55  
  SIXTH, Texarkana 45 THIRTEENTH, Corpus Christi 98  
  SEVENTH, Amarillo 79 FOURTEENTH, Houston 288  
                                 
  Petitioning Parties to the Court of Criminal Appeals  
   
  Appellant 1,335 State 111  
  Appellee 15 State Prosecuting Attorney 38  
  Pro Se 178