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Media gearing up for Sharon Keller ethics trial spectacle

Everybody's gearing up for Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's ethics trial in San Antonio later this month. First Texas Monthly published an extended feature and today the Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a post "pregaming" the trial, which begins August 17.Meanwhile the Statesman's Chuck Lindell had an item on Sunday previewing Judge Keller's defense, which appears to be to attempt to divert attention away from her own actions by accusing appellate attorneys in their case of lying about computer troubles. Lindell also offered a couple of other interesting data points:? Cheryl Johnson, the Court of Criminal Appeals judge who was assigned by rotation to handle appeals in Richard's case ? but who was not informed about the request for more time ? is the only other judge on the nine-member court expected to testify...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 05, 2009 (boomark / email).