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Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 12: who gets your vote?

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County criminal court-at-law judges hear misdemeanor criminal cases and certain appeals from justice and municipal courts.

Their rulings affect misdemeanor trials and criminal-court proceedings.

  • Misdemeanor cases
  • Certain lower-court appeals

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Candidate
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ASHLEY MAYES GUICE

Running for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 · Texas

StateDemocratic Party / Partido Demócrata

Candidate
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ANNA EMMONS

Running for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 12 · Texas

StateRepublican Party / Partido Republicano

ASHLEY MAYES GUICECandidateANNA EMMONSChallenger

Job fit

ASHLEY MAYES GUICE

  • Guice’s campaign biography says she joined the Harris County District Attorney’s Office as an assistant district attorney in September 2013. 1
  • Her campaign biography says she became an assistant public defender in the Harris County Public Defender’s Office Felony Trial Division in June 2019. 1
  • Guice says Harris County Commissioners Court appointed her judge of County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 in January 2022. 1

ANNA EMMONS

  • Liberty County’s undated district attorney staff page lists Anna Emmons as first assistant district attorney. 2
  • The Houston Chronicle reported on October 13, 2026, that Emmons had been a lawyer for 25 years, mostly as a prosecutor, with two years in private practice. 3

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Sources

  1. Ashley Mayes Guice for Judge | Houston · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
  2. Liberty County, Texas · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
  3. Voters should keep these 12 misdemeanor court judges on ... · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience