David Newell (judge)

David Christopher Newell (born June 9, 1971) is an American judge, who serves on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. A resident of Houston, Newell was elected to the court in 2014 to succeed the retiring Place 9 Judge Cathy Cochran.

Biography
Newell the son of a Navy father, was born in the Bethesda, Maryland, but grew up in Sugar Land, Texas.

Newell graduated from the University of Houston in 1993, and from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin in 1997.