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Karen Angelini
Karen Angelini was a justice on the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She was appointed to this position in January of 1997.[1] She was re-elected on November 6, 2012, to a term that expired on December 31, 2018.[2][3] She did not seek re-election in 2018.
Education
Justice Angelini received her B.A. from the University of Texas in 1972 and her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1979.[1]
Career
Angelini worked as a briefing attorney (clerk) with the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals for one year and with the U.S. District and Magistrate Courts in the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas for four years. She then worked for the law firm Brock and Fuller for approximately 10 years before she was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1997.[1]
Elections
2018
Karen Angelini did not file to run for re-election.
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Angelini defeated judicial candidate David D. Towler in the general election on November 6, 2012, with 52.1% of the vote. [4][5]
Memberships
- San Antonio Bar Foundation
- Texas Bar Foundation
Noteworthy cases
Israel Mata appealed a life sentence he received in a jury trial before Texas District 186, complaining that "the trial court erred in allowing the jury to hear evidence that Mata was known to carry guns and was a drug dealer".[6] He was convicted of killing 13 year-old Beatrice Diaz during a drive-by shooting. Mata appealed his case to the Fourth District, where Judge Angelini affirmed the ruling of the lower court, and denied Mata's motion for a mistrial.[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official biography of Justice Angelini
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedtge - ↑ Texas Republican Party, 2012 Candidate Filing
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ Bexar County Press Release "DRIVE BY SHOOTER’S LIFE SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDER OF 13 YEAR OLD BEATRICE DIAZ" July 15, 2009 (dead link)
- ↑ Mata v. State of Texas, 4th Court of Appeals opinion
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