iSTARR Newsletter -- this is a digital newspaper that will focus on issues that carry a great deal of emotional weight in STARR COUNTY, Texas.
04/03/2022
JUDGE INNA KLEIN REMOVED FROM CASE…
Corpus Christi , Texas - - Judge Inna Klein has been removed from a case after attorney Terry Shamsie, the attorney for the defendant, filed a complaint with the administrative judge. The attorney argued that the judge was caught on camera in a previous trial watching the jury’s delivery. Senior judge Rogelio Valdez granted the request to have Klein removed from the case on thursday.
Amber Prince is the defendant and is being accused of inappropriate behavior. Miss Prince is a former teacher at London ISD and pleaded guilty to 10 counts of such a matter related to an inappropriate relationship with one of those students.
Prince’s attorney called judge Klein a person who lacks in impartiality. According to the district attorney's office, judge Klein and her staff were watching the jury’s delivery, a matter that is highly secretive, according to the attorney.
No one is allowed in the room. A new judge has been appointed to preside over the Prince case. Angelica Hernandez and administrator with the district attorney's office, said " What the judge did violates the most fundamental aspect of our criminal judicial system which requires secrecy. The jury is supposed to be protected. This case has opened a Pandora's box. Now the judge for any client can claim that judge Klein cannot be partial in a jury room due to having a history of spying on a jury she was presiding over. If more attorneys follow this path, it could immobilizer her as a judge in fully hearing cases out to the end, a local attorney detailed.
