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Keller could be removed from office if criminal charges brought

Scott Cobb at Burnt Orange Report analyzes what might happen if Travis County Attorney David Escamilla files criminal charges against Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for concealing income in required state ethics disclosures.Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, could be suspended from office according to the Procedural Rules for Removal or Retirement of Judges if Travis County Attorney David Escamilla files misdemeanor charges in connection with Keller's failure to report millions of dollars in income and property to the Texas Ethics Commission. Judge Keller has been assessed a $100,000 fine as a civil penalty by the Texas Ethics Commission, but she should also face criminal charges for failing to disclose in her sworn filings substantial property wealth, income and board positions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 10, 2010 (boomark / email).