The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is still in shock 48 hours after a judge set a new execution date for her client. Roberson’s legal team hoped Wednesday’s hearing would possibly result in stopping his execution or a new trial altogether,

After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court.

A judge will decide whether to proceed with Attorney General Ken Paxton's request Roberson be executed on Oct. 16.