Death row inmate Robert Roberson, who faces the prospect of becoming the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a “shaken baby” death, was a no-show Friday at a hearing before a Texas state House committee where he was supposed to testify.

Texas lawmakers who stopped the execution of Robert Roberson hoped to hear testimony from him on Friday. After a motion filed by the Texas Attorney General's Office, that did not happen.

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.