Motion to Recuse Judge Skeen
Posted/updated on: October 21, 2010 at 2:39 pm
TYLER — A hearing resumed in Tyler this morning to have State District Judge Jack Skeen removed from the upcoming retrial of the man convicted in the Mineola child sex ring case. KETK-TV reports Patrick Kelly’s defense lawyer, Thad Davidson, says that Judge Jack Skeen has had private meetings with the prosecution during the Mineola sex ring trial and should be removed from the case. Davidson has filed a motion to recuse Judge Skeen from the proceedings. Presiding over the hearing is retired State District Judge Alvin Khoury of Longview.