Litigation

TX Judge Keller: Are Her Trials Over?

By Peter Hardin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7rJ5oVTcc

Judge Sharon Keller, Texas’ top criminal court judge, recently said she felt ?vindicated? by a special three-judge panel?s dismissal of an earlier reprimand against her (see Gavel Grab).

But are her trials over?

This week, the executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and its special counsel asked the special panel to review its dismissal of the reprimand. They disagreed with the panel’s legal conclusions, according to a Houston Chronicle article.

Several days before that development, the Texas Tribune posted video of an interview with Judge Keller, which can be viewed above. ?The idea that I don?t care about defendants, or indigent defense, is ridiculous,? she said.

Full post as published by The Gavel on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).