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No ruling yet on Keller appeal

By "Persian Cowboy"

Austin American-Statesman's Chuck Lindell is reporting that The Texas Supreme Court, which announces its decisions every Friday, did not rule this morning on Judge Sharon Keller?s request to have her ethics rebuke thrown out.The Supreme Court also did not rule on Keller?s request for an emergency stay extending Monday?s deadline to file a more traditional appeal challenging the July 16 ?public warning? from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. (That appeal is really a request asking Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson to appoint a three-judge panel that would determine if Keller?s rebuke was justified.)In the matter pending before the Supreme Court, Keller claims she was improperly reprimanded by the 13-member commission, which said Keller failed to properly perform her duties in 2007 when she closed the Court of Criminal Appeals clerk?s office at 5 p...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).