Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion in the Supreme Court of Texas asking the court to dismiss its Thursday order delaying the execution of Robert Roberson III. The order, which came late Thursday night,

Last week’s 11th-hour decision by the Texas Supreme Court to delay the execution of Robert Roberson capped a historic effort by a bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers to save his life. It also punted the execution until well after the Nov.

Texas lawmakers did not hear testimony from Robert Roberson Monday. The death row inmate was expected to testify at a Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee hearing just days after his execution was halted.