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You've Been Warned: Keller gets wrist slap from Judicial Conduct Commission but vows to appeal

Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday received a "public warning" from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, but the panel did not recommend her removal. See their decision (pdf). A public warning may seem weak, but it's not the exoneration Keller was looking for and is particularly unusual for such a highly placed jurist. Despite the fact that the "warning" amounts to a slap on the wrist, Keller has vowed to appeal. But Chuck Lindell at the Statesman makes the interesting point that "How Keller will appeal the reprimand was unclear Friday. An appeals process was mandated last legislative session, but the Texas Supreme Court has not yet created a process."I suspect most judges would have resigned their seat long before now rather than rack up endless legal bills and endure the public disapprobation Keller has brought on herself and the court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 17, 2010 (boomark / email).