Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/18/08)
12/18/2008
The judge mishandled a traffic case by assessing a dismissal fee and assessing a fine when no trial had been conducted. The judge also presided over cases involving speeding citations issued by a Department of Public Safety patrolman, who was related to the judge within the degree prohibited by law, improperly exercised jurisdiction over Class A misdemeanor cases, and erroneously assessed fines in those cases. The judge further improperly jailed a parent for contributing to truancy without first determining that the parent did not have legal custody of the child. [Violation of Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/18/08)
