(September 4, 2008)-- A judge has moved a hearing on allegations about a Texas death row inmate's trial so the hearing is no longer scheduled to be held after the inmate’s execution.
Judge Greg Brewer in suburban Dallas moved the hearing to Monday, two days before convicted killer Charles Dean Hood is scheduled to receive a lethal injection in Huntsville.
Brewer's decision Thursday reverses a decision by another judge who had set a similar hearing for Sept. 12, two days after the execution date.
The hearing will deal with arguments that Brewer's murder trial was unfair because of an alleged unethical romantic relationship between the presiding judge and the district attorney prosecuting the case.
Brewer ordered the retired judge, Verla Sue Holland and the former Collin County District Attorney, Tom O'Connell, to be ready to be interviewed by lawyers Monday if Brewer agrees with Hood's attorney that the pair should be deposed.
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