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Did court illegally order state to pay Sharon Keller's legal bills?

Examiners for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct have filed a motion for rehearing with the three-judge panel that dismissed charges against the Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, arguing that the judges should have sent the case back down to the commission for resentencing, reports Chuck Lindell at the Austin Statesman. I agree, but I'd be shocked if the court revisits the question.Lindell's story included another tidbit, though, that I hadn't caught from the court's earlier decision: "The motion also asked the court to rescind its decision to let Keller recoup her legal costs from the state, noting that Texas law explicitly bans the practice when judges are investigated for potential wrongdoing." I didn't realize they'd said the state should pay her legal bills and indeed was under the impression they could not do so...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 26, 2010 (boomark / email).