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Jay Brandon
Jay Brandon (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 8 judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Brandon lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Biography
Jay Brandon lives in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1971. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, an M.A. in writing seminars from Johns Hopkins University in 1979, and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. Brandon’s career experience includes working as a prosecutor of Bexar County and advisor with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [1]
Elections
2018
- See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8
Michelle Slaughter defeated Mark Ash in the general election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Slaughter (R) | 74.7 | 4,760,576 |
 | Mark Ash (L) | 25.3 | 1,614,119 | |
| Total votes: 6,374,695 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8
Michelle Slaughter defeated Jay Brandon and Dib Waldrip in the Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Slaughter | 52.8 | 666,763 |
| Jay Brandon | 30.7 | 387,751 | ||
 | Dib Waldrip | 16.4 | 207,209 | |
| Total votes: 1,261,723 | |||
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See also
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
Brandon stated the following about his political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:[2]
| “ | I have worked at this court for two different judges, so I know how the court works. For ten years I was appointed by the Court of Criminal Appeals to an advisory panel to advise the court on changes to the rules of evidence and Rules of Appellate Procedure as they apply to criminal cases, a panel composed of one prosecutor, one defense lawyer, one trial judge, one court of appeals court judge, and two law school deans. Currently I am in the appeals section of the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, where I have represented the State in hundreds of criminal appeals. Before that I was in private practice, so I have experience on both sides of the bar. The Court of Criminal Appeals has discretionary review authority, so it accepts only a small percentage of the cases it's asked to review. I have had many petitions for review granted, and argued and filed briefs at that court in many cases. The Court also has exclusive jurisdiction over death penalty appeals, and I have worked on quite a few of those. The Court has exclusive jurisdiction over writs, a fairly complicated post-conviction procedure with which few lawyers are familiar. As the first chief of the Conviction Integrity Unit in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, I spent two years reviewing every writ filed in this county, so I am very familiar with writs. I also wrote and filed writs in private practice, including in death penalty cases. I have much, much more of the exact type of experience needed for a judge of this Court.
I am the only candidate in this race with significant experience in all the areas covered by the Court of Criminal Appeals.[3] |
” |
External links
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- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- LinkedIn page
- Texas Judicial Branch
Footnotes
- ↑ Jay Brandon for Judge, "About Jay Brandon," accessed February 5, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on February 12, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
