Vernon's Texas Rules Annotated - VTRA TX R STAND ATTY CERT PT II § XVIII. Criminal Appellate Law

a. Appeal or defense of a judgment or order in a criminal law matter, or juvenile adjudication, to an appellate court;

b. Preparation of, or responding to, a petition for discretionary review or related brief to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals;

c. Prosecution or defense of an application for an extraordinary matter, such as Petition for Writ of Mandamus or Application for Original Habeas Corpus, to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a Texas Court of Appeals, United States District Court, or United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in a criminal matter;

d. Prosecution or defense of an application for post-conviction writ of habeas corpus from a misdemeanor conviction to a statutory county court exercising habeas corpus jurisdiction, or from a final felony conviction in Texas state court, either capital or non-capital;

e. Prosecution or defense of an application for habeas corpus from a final felony conviction, either capital or non-capital, in United States District Court under 28 USC § 2254, or 28 USC § 2255;

f. Prosecution or defense of an appeal to a United States Circuit Court of Appeals from the judgment of a United States District Court in an action under 28 USC § 2254 or 28 USC § 2255; or

g. Prosecution or defense of any criminal law matter at the United States Supreme Court.

a. United States Supreme Court;

b. United States Circuit Courts of Appeals;

c. Texas Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction over adjudications in a juvenile case;

d. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals;

e. Texas Courts of Appeals;

f. Texas District Courts exercising post-conviction habeas corpus jurisdiction under Article V § 8, Texas Constitution, or Articles 11.07, 11.071 or 11.072, Code of Criminal Procedure;

g. United States District Courts exercising post-conviction habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 USC § 2254 or 28 USC § 2255; and

h. Statutory Texas county courts sitting as Courts of Appeals in cases under Title II, Chapter 30, Government Code or exercising post-conviction habeas corpus jurisdiction under Article V § 16, Texas Constitution, or Article 11.072, Code of Criminal procedure.

a. Percentage of Practice Requirement. Applicant must have devoted a minimum of 25% of his or her time practicing criminal appellate law during each year of the 3 years immediately preceding application as defined in Section XVIII, A of the Specific Area Requirements for Criminal Appellate Law.

b. Task Requirements. Applicant must provide information concerning specific tasks he or she has performed in criminal appellate law. In evaluating experience, TBLS may take into consideration the nature, complexity, and duration of the tasks handled by applicant.

a. Four Texas attorneys who are substantially involved in criminal appellate law. Applicant must have tried a criminal appellate law matter with or against one of these attorneys.

b. One judge of any court of record in Texas whom applicant has appeared before as an advocate in a criminal appellate law matter.