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David Dow warned, Sharon Keller on the dock

While my focus remains elsewhere for the moment, I can't help but anticipate next Friday's June 18 hearing at the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which will hear oral arguments in Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's removal proceedings. I've consistently kept the date clear and plan to show up early for the queue to get a good seat. Mary Alice Robbins at Texas Lawyer has an excellent preview of the case, and Jordan Smith of the Austin Chronicle has an early writeup.Judge David Berchelmann in his findings of fact thought that appellate attorney David Dow's culpability subsumed Judge Keller's, while the Special Master says Berchelmann used the wrong standard of review, weighing comparative blame as though this were a civil dispute between Keller and Dow instead of evaluating Judge Keller's actions on their own merits...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 11, 2010 (boomark / email).