27%
Dismissed or acquitted (2,493)
- Dismissed25% · 2,328
- Dismissed after deferral0% · 0
- Acquitted2% · 165
Murder
Texas Penal Code § 19.02(c) · First-Degree Felony
What happened to these charges
75% have a recorded dispositionOf 9,248 records in Bexar and El Paso and Fort Bend and Harris and Rockwall and Travis counties, 27% were dismissed or acquitted, 1% record a deferral and 33% ended in a conviction. 25% have no disposition recorded.
1%
Deferral recorded (114)
- Deferred adjudication1% · 114
- Other or unspecified deferral0% · 0
33%
Convicted (3,058)
- Convicted on a guilty or nolo plea31% · 2,829
- Convicted at trial0% · 0
- Convicted, plea or trial not recorded2% · 212
- Convicted of a lesser charge<1% · 17
- Convicted; appeal pending0% · 0
14%
Other recorded status (1,288)
- No bill13% · 1,188
- Other recorded disposition<1% · 86
- Waived<1% · 7
- Taken into consideration on another case<1% · 6
- Mistrial<1% · 1
25%
No disposition recorded (2,295)
No disposition is recorded for these charges. Most are open or inactive cases; the rest have only a plea or status entry that does not establish how the charge ended.
Outcomes are the latest recorded disposition of the listed charge, not predictions. Where a county records a guilty or nolo contendere plea as the disposition, it is counted as a conviction; a not-guilty plea alone is not counted as an outcome. Probation changes and other statuses remain separate when they do not establish the underlying outcome. A dismissal here applies to this charge, not to other charges in the same case. Percentages use all 9,248 records and may not add to 100% because of rounding.
Attorneys in these records
Share of each attorney’s associated records · click a column to sortAll records in this view27%1%33%14%25%9,230
Up to eight verified directory matches, ordered by associated case count until you sort. These are record associations, not win rates: representation at disposition is not established, and multiple attorneys can appear on the same charge. “Deferred” includes unspecified deferrals. Percentages use each attorney’s associated charge records and are rounded.
Sentences & assessments
Recorded numeric componentsComponentRangeRecordsMedian
Prison term2 years–99 years3,88130 years
Community supervision4 years–10 years8710 years
Financial assessment$50–$100,000328$10,000
Jail term18 years–18 years118 years
Community supervision10 days–10 days110 days
Prison term330 months–330 months1330 months
Community supervision40 months–96 months370 months
Components can coexist in one sentence. Financial assessments can include costs and fees; they are not labeled as fines. A recorded term does not establish time served.