TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A district judge has determined a June hearing to consider evidence in the Robert Roberson case.

Roberson, of Palestine, was convicted in 2003 for the 2002 murder of his daughter Nikki.

The Texas Supreme Court paused Roberson’s execution in October of this year, days before he was set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016.

Robert Roberson’s defense and the state agreed to a potential evidentiary hearing regarding Roberson’s stay of execution during a Friday court meeting with Smith County Judge Reeve Jackson over Zoom.

A status hearing is set for Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. to review material the state files before an e

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