Hon. Alfonso Charles

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Alfonso Charles



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Texas 124th District Court
Tenure
Present officeholder

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Education



Bachelor's

Austin College




Law

Baylor University







Contents

1 Elections

1.1 2016

1.1.1 Selection method




2 Education
3 Career
4 Awards and associations
5 See also
6 External links
7 Footnotes





Alfonso Charles is the judge for District 124. He joined the court in 2009 and was re-elected in 2016.[1] [2]

Elections
2016
See also: Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[3] Incumbent Alfonso Charles ran unopposed in the Texas 124th District Court Republican primary.[2]

[hide]Texas 124th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate Alfonso Charles Incumbent
Alfonso Charles won without opposition in the general election.

Selection method
See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[4]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[5]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:

a U.S. citizen;
a resident of Texas;
licensed to practice law in the state;
between the ages of 25 and 75;*[6]
a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]

Education
Charles has a B.A. from Austin College and his J.D. from Baylor University.[1]

Career
Charles was previously a judge of the Gregg County Court. He also served as an assistant criminal district attorney for Gregg County, Texas.[1]

Awards and associations
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Texas Bar Association
Member, Texas Judicial Council
Member, Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense
Member, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judicial Education Committee[1]
Former president, Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges Association
Former president, Gregg County Bar Association[1]
See also
Gregg County, Texas
Navarro County, Texas
External links
Texas State Directory, "Honorable F. Alfonso Charles"
Footnotes






? Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Texas State Directory, "Honorable F. Alfonso Charles," archived September 11, 2014

? Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015

? Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015

? Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014

? Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014

? Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014

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Texas courts


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State courts:
Texas Supreme Court
• Texas Court of Appeals
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Texas District Courts
• Texas County Courts
• Texas County Courts at Law
• Texas Statutory Probate Courts
• Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas







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