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 The gunman who killed 4 at a Michigan church was an ex-marine. Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan. Dolly Parton has some bad news for fans. Report an error