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Continuing Coverage SCJC - In Re: Keller

By Steve Hall

Mary Alice Robbins has posted "Both Sides Take Issue With Special Master's Findings in Keller Case," at Texas Lawyer.Prosecutors for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct argue in objections filed Feb. 17 that Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's "willful and/or persistent conduct" in the case of Michael Richard authorizes the commission to sanction her.Keller's conduct on the day the state executed Richard was "clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties" and "cast public discredit on the judiciary and/or on the administration of justice," Seana Willing, the commission's executive director, and John J. "Mike" McKetta III, special counsel for the commission's formal proceedings against Keller, write in their objections...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 19, 2010 (boomark / email).