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Should USDOJ investigate Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' secret pre-vote on unfiled motion?

Rick Casey at the Houston Chronicle adds his own high-powered rumor from the Court of Criminal Appeals, following up on Vince Leibowitz's reporting that some members of the Court want Presiding Judge Sharon Keller to resign before her removal hearing later this month. Casey writes:According to the formal charges by the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Judge Cathy Cochran at 11:29 a.m. e-mailed to Keller and her other colleagues an Internet link to the Kentucky Supreme Court decision that was being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The document then says that in ?early afternoon? the court?s general counsel, Edward Marty, ?began drafting a proposed order for the court in anticipation of Mr. Richard?s appeal based on Baze. The Honorable Judge Tom Price drafted a dissenting opinion in anticipation of Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).