The Texas Supreme Court has denied lawmakers’ bid to make use of their subpoena energy to halt the execution of a demise row inmate for his daughter’s “shaken child” demise, paving the best way for it to proceed.
Robert Roberson was set to be questioned by the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, which issued a subpoena final month for him to testify about his case — setting off a flurry of litigation that finally halted his Oct. 17 execution with solely hours to spare.
Roberson’s protection workforce initially sought to have him transported from his jail north of Houston to Texas’ capital of Austin to be interviewed by the committee, however lawmakers as an alternative agreed to fulfill with him at his facility. The subpoena, nonetheless, has been caught up in a authorized battle after the state lawyer common’s workplace challenged the transfer in an emergency submitting with the state Supreme Court.
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