Crime | Texas Con Wins Death Stay in Judge Affair Appeal Relationship between judge and prosecutor not reason for decision By Katherine Thompson Posted Sep 10, 2008 11:48 AM CDT Copied Charles Dean Hood was scheduled for execution at the Texas prison in Huntsville, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. A Texas appeals court stopped the scheduled execution. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File) A Texas death-row inmate who filed an appeal alleging that an affair between the judge and prosecutor compromised his trial has been granted a stay of execution. But, ABC News reports, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals approved Charles Dean Hood's request based not on the affair but because of a problem with jury instructions during his trial for murder and robbery. Read These Next A family hike took a tragic turn in Arkansas on Saturday. Delta pilot arrested moments after landing plane. Kim Jong Un's sister shows up with biting words. White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. Report an error