Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the state and his attorneys exchanged frantic 11th-hour legal maneuvers to determine his fate before the clock ran out.

In a last-minute decision, a Travis County judge granted a temporary halt to the execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson. Here's what to know.