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Sharon Keller Could Be Suspended from Office if Travis County Attorney David Escamilla Files Criminal Charges

By "Persian Cowboy"

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Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, may soon 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. Keller could be suspended by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct upon the filing of misdemeanor charges if the charges relate to her "official duties". The annual personal financial disclosure and reporting requirements are part of most elected officials? duties, which means a violation may very well be considered ?official misconduct,? though some may argue it is not. If she is suspended, the hearing and formal proceedings against Keller by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in the separate matter of her actions on the day of the execution of Michael Richard would continue on schedule but she would be suspended from performing her duties as a judge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).