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Note Information in this guide was derived from the resources listed on the Historical Resources page and The Greenbook: Texas Rules of Form, 14th edition.
The Court of Appeals was created by the 1876 Constitution to relieve the Supreme Court of some of its caseload.
When it was created, it had appellate jurisdiction in all criminal cases and in civil cases tried by the county courts. However, only the opinions in the criminal cases were officially reported. In 1891, a constitutional amendment removed its civil jurisdiction and renamed it to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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