February 01, 2008
Judge calls a halt to the Rosenthal hearings

Time out!


The federal judge hearing testimony in Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal's contempt hearing abruptly postponed the case this afternoon at the request of the DA's lawyer.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt did not give a reason for his decision and admonished lawyers on both sides against discussing the case with reporters. Hoyt did not say when the hearing might resume.

Attorney Lloyd Kelley, who has asked that Rosenthal be held in contempt for deleting thousands of e-mails subpoenaed for a civil lawsuit, said he was "stupified" by the delay.


I've said it before and I'll say it again: At this point, nothing about these proceedings surprises me. Earlier versions of the story are here. We'll see what happens next.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on February 01, 2008 to Local politics
Comments

Maybe I.T. recovered the e-mails. Then it would be contempt of contempt of court.

Posted by: Charles Hixon on February 1, 2008 4:22 PM

Judge Hoyt probably recessed and ran for the nearest bar to have a well-deserved drink. Along with probably quite a few others.

It's not every day you have a district attorney sitting in a federal court admitting that he committed perjury.

What next?

Posted by: Baby Snooks on February 1, 2008 7:34 PM