Time is running out for Texas legislators who want to bring death row inmate Robert Roberson III in person before a House committee investigating his conviction. The next steps in the Roberson’s case — and whether he will ultimately testify before the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence — are uncertain,

Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal proceedings until Jan. 13 — the day before the committee disbands — even as lawmakers vowed to continue fighting to hear from Roberson.

On Thursday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion to block the transfer of Roberson from death row to Austin for the hearing. In the motion, the AG's office claimed the committee refused to work with them on making accommodations for Roberson to testify, such as a video call.