WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by a former Texas death row inmate who argued his right to a fair trial was violated because the judge and the prosecutor in his case had an affair.
The justices refused to hear the appeal by Charles Hood, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1989 murders of a couple in Texas. Hood has maintained his innocence. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this year overturned Hood’s death sentence because of flawed jury instructions and ruled he should get a new sentencing hearing.
The Supreme Court rejected Hood’s appeal without comment. – (Reuters)