A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers had issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify in his "shaken baby" case, setting off a flurry of litigation.

A Texas constitutional crisis erupted after state lawmakers subpoenaed death row inmate Robert Roberson III to testify before a committee four days after

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a state house committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, clearing a path for a new execution date.