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A Texas appeals court upheld an injunction stopping Attorney General Ken Paxton from enforcing new reporting rules on large-county prosecutors, ruling state law does not grant him authority to impose blanket requirements.

Dallas County District Judge Amber Givens will face incumbent District Attorney John Creuzot, who's held the position since 2019, in the March Democratic primary.

The Fifth Court of Appeals ruled Dallas County prosecutors were unsuccessful in proving there was ever a 12th juror in a 2024 fentanyl dealing trial and reversed the suspect's conviction.

Jail and court computer systems compatibility makes it harder to adjudicate cases, causing longer waits in the jail.

The same day the Court of Criminal Appeals stopped Robert Roberson鈥檚 execution to consider the use of 鈥渏unk science鈥� in his conviction, the state鈥檚 highest criminal court denied a Dallas County man鈥檚 challenge to the use of what his attorneys say is flawed eyewitness testimony in his case.

District Judge Amber Givens was the only judge that county commissioners singled out from receiving $25,000 supplemental pay.

The update involved a burglary suspect who died in police custody last month. The nab, Frank Ruiz, admitted to substance abuse and had history of seizures, they said.

Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.

A break-in suspect died over the weekend while under police custody. He sustained an injury prior to Dallas Police arriving to the house.

Dallas police say the man was holding a knife and threatening to harm himself and others in the house.

The rules require counties with over 400,000 residents to submit detailed reports and grant the Texas Attorney General鈥檚 Office access to case files.

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price says vehicles used in his district are outdated and should be replaced, like the district attorney's new SUVs.