> Also, their supreme court does not hear criminal matters, only civil, because it makes the appeals process for executing people faster. No. Texas simply has

> Also, their supreme court does not hear criminal matters, only civil, because it makes the appeals process for executing people faster. No. Texas simply has separate civil and criminal courts. The Court of Criminal Appeals is the supreme court for criminal cases. The Texas Supreme Court is the supreme court for civil cases. A convict can appeal through the intermediate appellate courts and then the Court of Criminal Appeals (and then perhaps later state-level collateral attack or even federal habeas). The criminal appellate process in Texas has as many steps in it as most states have.