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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Paul Leslie Womack
|birth_date=April 1, 1947
|birth_place=City missing, [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[University of Texas]] School of Law
|religion=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office= Place 4 Judge of the [[Texas]] Court of Criminal Appeals
|term_start=1997
|term_end=2015
|preceded=
|succeeded=[[Kevin Patrick Yeary]]
|residence=Georgetown, Williamson County<br>Texa]
|spouse= Sally L. Ray}}
'''Paul Leslie Womack''' (born April 1, 1947)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59092/paul-womack#|title=Paul Womack's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> is a retired judge of the nine-member Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort in criminal cases in [[Texas]]. A [[Republican Party |Republican]], Womack was first elected in 1996, won second and third terms in 2002 and 2008, but did not seek a fourth six-year term in 2014.
==Background==
A resident of Georgetown in [[suburb]]an Williamson County, Texas,<ref name=votesmart/> Womack received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. In 1975, he received his [[Juris Doctor]ate] from [[University of Texas]] School of Law] in the capital city of [[Austin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/paul-womack/|title=Judge Paul Womack|publisher='The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Legal career==
After law school, Womack taught for a year at the [[Thurgood Marshall]] School of Law in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and then engaged in private practice for two years. In 1978, he was named research assistant for Judge Truman Roberts of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In 1982, when Judge Roberts retired, Womack became an assistant district attorney in Travis County. From 1987 to 1997, he was the first assistant district attorney in Williamson County, his last position until he joined the Court of Criminal Appeals. Since 1983, he has been an adjunct [[professor]] at the University of Texas School of Law; he wrote a casebook on Texas criminal procedure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txcourts.gov/cca/about-the-court/judges/judge-paul-womack.aspx|title=Judge Paul Womack|publisher=txcourts.gov|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
In the Republican [[primary]] for the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1992, Womack led a five-candidate field for the Place 2 seat. He polled 214,415 votes (31.8 percent) and was placed in a runoff contest with Pat Barber, who finished in a second place with polled 148,764 (22.1 percent), less than a thousand votes above that of the third-placed candidate.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 12, 1992.</ref> In the second round of balloting with a low turnout Womack prevailed over Barber, 148, 135 (66.9 percent) to 73,129 (33.1 percent).<ref>Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, April 1992. In the November [[general election]], Womack defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Charles Holcomb, 2,721,048 votes (53.5 percent) to 2,368,192 (46.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 2002.</ref>
In 2000, Womack's wife, Sally L. Ray, ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to join her husband as a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals. She finished in fourth place in the contest for the Place 2 seat with 131,609 votes (17.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, 2000.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=Republican primary election returns, March 2000.</ref> Victory ultimately went to Womack's colleague on the court, Barbara Hervey of [[San Antonio]].
In 2002, Womack defeated another Democrat, Pat Montgomery, for Place 2 on the Court of Criminal Appeals, 2,463,069 (57.4 percent) to 1,828,431 (42.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 2002.</ref> In 2008, in the Place 4 court race, Womack defeated another Democrat, J.R. Molina, 4,044,788 (53 percent) to 3,340,754 (43.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 2008.</ref>
==References==
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|name=Paul Leslie Womack
|birth_date=April 1, 1947
|birth_place=City missing, [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[University of Texas]] School of Law
|religion=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office= Place 4 Judge of the [[Texas]] Court of Criminal Appeals
|term_start=1997
|term_end=2015
|preceded=
|succeeded=[[Kevin Patrick Yeary]]
|residence=Georgetown, Williamson County<br>Texa]
|spouse= Sally L. Ray}}
'''Paul Leslie Womack''' (born April 1, 1947)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/59092/paul-womack#|title=Paul Womack's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref> is a retired judge of the nine-member Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court of last resort in criminal cases in [[Texas]]. A [[Republican Party |Republican]], Womack was first elected in 1996, won second and third terms in 2002 and 2008, but did not seek a fourth six-year term in 2014.
==Background==
A resident of Georgetown in [[suburb]]an Williamson County, Texas,<ref name=votesmart/> Womack received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. In 1975, he received his [[Juris Doctor]ate] from [[University of Texas]] School of Law] in the capital city of [[Austin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/paul-womack/|title=Judge Paul Womack|publisher='The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Legal career==
After law school, Womack taught for a year at the [[Thurgood Marshall]] School of Law in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and then engaged in private practice for two years. In 1978, he was named research assistant for Judge Truman Roberts of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In 1982, when Judge Roberts retired, Womack became an assistant district attorney in Travis County. From 1987 to 1997, he was the first assistant district attorney in Williamson County, his last position until he joined the Court of Criminal Appeals. Since 1983, he has been an adjunct [[professor]] at the University of Texas School of Law; he wrote a casebook on Texas criminal procedure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txcourts.gov/cca/about-the-court/judges/judge-paul-womack.aspx|title=Judge Paul Womack|publisher=txcourts.gov|accessdate=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
In the Republican [[primary]] for the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1992, Womack led a five-candidate field for the Place 2 seat. He polled 214,415 votes (31.8 percent) and was placed in a runoff contest with Pat Barber, who finished in a second place with polled 148,764 (22.1 percent), less than a thousand votes above that of the third-placed candidate.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 12, 1992.</ref> In the second round of balloting with a low turnout Womack prevailed over Barber, 148, 135 (66.9 percent) to 73,129 (33.1 percent).<ref>Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, April 1992. In the November [[general election]], Womack defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Charles Holcomb, 2,721,048 votes (53.5 percent) to 2,368,192 (46.5 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 2002.</ref>
In 2000, Womack's wife, Sally L. Ray, ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to join her husband as a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals. She finished in fourth place in the contest for the Place 2 seat with 131,609 votes (17.1 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican runoff election returns, 2000.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe|title=Republican primary election returns, March 2000.</ref> Victory ultimately went to Womack's colleague on the court, Barbara Hervey of [[San Antonio]].
In 2002, Womack defeated another Democrat, Pat Montgomery, for Place 2 on the Court of Criminal Appeals, 2,463,069 (57.4 percent) to 1,828,431 (42.6 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 2002.</ref> In 2008, in the Place 4 court race, Womack defeated another Democrat, J.R. Molina, 4,044,788 (53 percent) to 3,340,754 (43.7 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 2008.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Womack, Paul}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]