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Judge Selected for Keller Trial

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"GOP judge from San Antonio to run Keller trial," is Chuck Lindell's report for the Austin American-Statesman Austin Legal blog. A similar edit is in today's print edition.A Republican district court judge from San Antonio will preside over the trial of Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals who stands accused of violating her duty in a 2007 death penalty case. The Texas Supreme Court today named Bexar County District Court Judge David Berchelmann Jr. as special master for Keller?s trial, to being Aug. 17 in Austin. Berchelmann was the first Republican to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeals, the state?s highest criminal court, when he was appointed by Gov. Bill Clements in 1989. At the time, he was a seven-year district court judge, and he returned to the Bexar County district court bench three years later...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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