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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo and Pooja Salhotra

State Rep. Jeff Leach asked Texas judge to consider a new Robert Roberson trial in apparent conduct violation

From left: State Reps. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, listen to a testimony during a Criminal Jurisprudence hearing on death row inmate Robert Roberson on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 in Austin.
State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, is a member of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence that intervened in the execution of Robert Roberson. (Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)

State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, texted a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week that death row inmate Robert Roberson deserves a new trial, an apparent violation of Texas' disciplinary rules of professional conduct.

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