AttorneyJim B. Darnell
JD

Jim B. Darnell

Lubbock, TX · Lubbock County · 50 years licensed

Cases
417
Licensed
50 yrs

Jim B. Darnell has been licensed in Texas since Nov 1976 — 50 years — and has filed under this bar number in 417 cases since 2017, four in five of them in El Paso County courts. The docket is criminal: 391 of 417 filings, with civil (other) behind it. No board certifications, no disciplinary history.

Case type by yearCourt-record case types
Count
  • Adult Felony92
  • State jail felony76
  • Second-degree felony71
  • Third-degree felony69
  • First-degree felony43
Adult FelonyAdult FelonyState jail felonyState jail felonySecond-degree felonySecond-degree felonyThird-degree felonyThird-degree felonyFirst-degree felonyFirst-degree felonyClass A misdemeanorClass A misdemeanorCivilCivilWrit of Habeas Corpus (Felony)Writ of Habeas Corpus (Felony)Adult Felony - MurderAdult Felony - MurderMurderMurder16 other types16 other types’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Cases filed by year2026 is a partial year
  • 2026Partial22
  • 202562
  • 202498
  • 202397
  • 202273
  • 202136
  • 202016
  • 20195
  • 20183
  • 20175
4998’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Showing filings under this bar number from 2017 to present in the county court records Referlex has imported; 2026 is a partial year.

Criminal charge outcomes390 charge records · county criminal records

Percentages use the 390 recorded charge dispositions associated with this bar number. Charges without a recorded disposition are excluded.

Dismissed or acquitted45%177
Dismissed 176Acquitted 1
Deferral recorded13%50
Other or unspecified deferral 50
Convicted42%162
Convicted, plea or trial not recorded 135Convicted of a lesser charge 27
Other recorded status<1%1
Other recorded disposition 1
By charge115 charges · 1–10 of 115
ChargeDispositionsConv.Outcome mix
Charges 1–10 of 115

These are record associations, not win rates: representation at disposition is not established, and several attorneys can appear on one charge. Outcomes are the latest recorded disposition of each charge; a missing disposition does not establish whether a charge is pending or how it ended. Percentages are rounded. No defendant details are shown.

Courts appeared in most417 cases · 21 courts

Cases are grouped by the court a filing names; appellate courts group together, not under the county a case came from.

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