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16 Jun 2010, 8:58 am by Michael Lowe
This Friday, June 18, 2010, in Austin, Texas, the hearing begins for Chief Justice Sharon Keller before the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 4:14 am
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller was forcefully questioned yesterday about the details of her decision not to accept Michael Richard's last minute appeal on the night of his execution. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 9:41 am
  LINK  Here are several excerpts:Take her off the bench and Sharon Keller is funny, smart and personable, if a little shy. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 11:22 pm
Presiding Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller's ethics trial begins today in San Antonio. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 1:55 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Taxpayers won't be paying for Sharon Keller's legal fees, reports the Austin Statesman's Chuck Lindell:Clearing up confusion in its order dismissing an ethics rebuke against Judge Sharon Keller, a special court of review has issued a new order that no longer makes taxpayers liable for Keller’s legal costs.The court’s original Oct. 11 order said Keller could recoup legal costs from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct - estimated by her… [read post]
31 Jul 2010, 6:10 pm
"Judge Sharon Keller wants her rebuke voided; Criminal appeals court chief says commission's 'public warning' earlier this month violated state constitution": Chuck Lindell had this article yesterday in The Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 1:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In any event, Austin District Judge Orlinda Naranjo must approve the settlement agreement before it is finalized. [read post]
4 May 2009, 10:03 am
"Sharon Keller amends financial report to include $2.4 million in assets," is Steve McGonigle's report. [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 5:16 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Still, as the Austin Chronicle noted, the amendment "would remove a disincentive to the conduct of open proceedings" and by that reasoning alone it deserves passage. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 6:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 11:27 pm
  Judge Sharon Keller's reaction to the outcry at the time was underwhelming: The Austin American-Statesman quoted Judge Keller on Oct. 3 as defending her decision to close, saying she had asked Mr. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 8:20 am
  The special trial into misconduct charges against Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the state's top criminal court, will be in San Antonio, not Austin as originally announced. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 3:23 pm
Sharon Browne, a principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses the decision. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 9:25 am
Both were in Austin; he was at the courthouse and she had gone home earlier to meet a repairman. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 7:02 pm
"Judge Keller files response to charges": At the "Austin Legal" blog of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has a post that begins, "Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, this afternoon filed her response to charges that she violated her judicial duty when she refused to accept an after-hours appeal in 2007. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 1:43 am
Now that more than 1,300 Texans have signed onto a public complaint alleging misconduct against Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, the Texas Moratorium Network brings news the complaint will be delivered to the court Friday afternoon, accompanied by a public rally in front of the high court in Austin.We will deliver a copy of the complaint to the clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for distribution to Sharon Keller and the other judges on the… [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 8:02 am
  Here's an extended excerpt:Mark it in ink: The trial to assess whether Judge Sharon Keller violated her duty as head of the state's highest criminal court will begin Aug. 17 in Austin. [read post]
19 Jun 2010, 9:02 am
"Judge's fate in panel's hands; Whether Sharon Keller followed court procedures in handling of death row appeal debated": Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 8:30 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat, eds., NYU Press, Forthcoming) on SSRN. [read post]
22 Feb 2009, 8:18 am
"Judge's ethics case may hinge on phone calls; Recollections differ about Keller's two exchanges on day of execution": Today in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has an article that begins, "Sharon Keller picked up the phone at her Austin home two times on the day death row inmate Michael Richard would be executed. [read post]