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The beginning of the end for Judge Sharon Keller?

Analyzing the charging document against Sharon Keller from the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, Paul Burka predicts that the Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is "Gone Baby, Gone." After analyzing the details of charges against here, he writes:Stick a fork in her: She?s done. There is no way Keller can survive this. The statute governing the Commission on Judicial Conduct states: A voluntary agreement to resign from judicial office in lieu of disciplinary action by the commission shall be public upon the commission?s acceptance of the agreement. A judge may ask the Chief Justice of the [Texas] Supreme Court for appointment of a special court of review. (There is no ordinary right of appeal.) Keller has three choices: resign, be removed by the Commission, or be impeached...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).