David Newell (Texas judge)

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David Christopher Newell
Place 9 Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Cathy Cochran
Personal details
Born (1971-06-09) June 9, 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth missing
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Tiffany Shayne Hurst Newell
Residence Houston, Texas
Alma mater University of Houston
University of Texas School of Law

David Christopher Newell (born June 9, 1971) is an incoming judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the court of last resort in criminal cases within Texas. A resident of Houston, Newell was elected to the court in 2014 to succeed the retiring Place 9 Judge Cathy Cochran. He is not related to the actor who played Mr. McFeely on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

Prior to his judgeship, Newell was an assistant prosecutor in the district attorney's office in Harris County, with specialization in appeals. A graduate of the University of Houston and the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, he has lectured and written on matters pertaining to criminal appellate law and has been involved with the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. He has argued before the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court, a civil body. Before the United States Supreme Court, he successfully briefed the deciding issue in 2013 the Fifth Amendment case Salinas v. Texas.[1]

In the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014, Newell defeated his intra-party challenger, William Charles "Bud" Kirkendall (born 1949), a judge since 2004 of the 25th Judicial District and a former district attorney from Seguin in Guadalupe County, east of San Antonio, who also graduated from the University of Texas Law School.[1] Newell polled 571,850 votes (52.2 percent) to Judge Kirkendall's 523, 055 (47.8 percent).[2] In the general election Newell received 2,929,963 votes (78.3 percent) against the nominees of the Libertarian and Green parties.[3]

Elected to the Court of Criminal Appeals with Newell are Bert Richardson and Kevin Patrick Yeary, both of San Antonio. The terms of all three judges expire on December 31, 2020.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Place 9

2015–
Succeeded by
Incumbent