children birth_place party office preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name alma_mater
three children place of birth missing republican place appeals 8 judge of the texas court of criminal charles holcomb 1964 may 2011 houston , texas dan jeffry spjut elsa alcala
 elsa r. alcala texas a & m university -- kingsville
elsa alcala

elsa r. alcala , also known as elsa spjut -lrb- born 1964 -rrb- , has been since may 2011 one of the nine judges of the texas court of criminal appeals , the court of last resort for state criminal appeals .
a republican , she was appointed to the place 8 on the bench by then governor rick perry , when charles holcomb stepped down to run unsuccessfully in 2012 for the united states senate .
