District Judge Kaycee L. Jones, from Polk County, Texas, is asking forgiveness after acknowledging she received a series of text messages from Judge Elizabeth Coker, instructing her to pass along information to the prosecution.
"On August 8, 2012, I did receive a text message from Judge Coker that suggested a line of questioning in an Injury to a Child trial over which she was presiding and telling me to tell the trial prosecutor. I was not the trial prosecutor and had nothing to do with the investigation or prosecution of the case, but I was present in the courtroom for portions of the trial as an observer. When I received the text, I hand wrote the text verbatim and asked our investigator to deliver it to the prosecutor who was trying the case...
I deeply regret that I acted in this manner. It was wrong and I knew better."
The defendant in that case was found not guilty. Was this the first time Judge Corker tried to secretly help prosecutors? The investigation is ongoing.
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