The judge misused the powers of his judicial office by causing a fictitious notice to a County Commissioner, a critic of how the judge ran his court administratively, leading the Commissioner to be...
In one matter, a driver attempted to resolve a traffic ticket in the judge’s court by entering a plea of no contest with a request for deferred adjudication, and by paying the requisite fine and fe...
In resolving a matter involving the failure to show proof of liability insurance, where the defendant subsequently timely provided such proof to the court, the judge charged a $35 “insurance dismis...
The judge, while traveling on a state highway at nighttime with his family, chased, stopped, and arrested another motorist based on his perception that the motorist had committed a traffic offense,...
The judge requested and received a number of pre-signed “Marriage Waivers” from a retired district judge. Exercising his discretion, the judge thereafter executed these documents in order to allow ...
On behalf of his daughter, a district judge wrote a letter of representation on official court stationery to a municipal court. In this letter, the judge entered a plea of “not guilty” for his dau...
The judge failed to follow proper procedures when he ordered the arrest of a pro se defendant following a protective order hearing, without first reading the defendant his statutory warnings, and w...
The judge berated a law enforcement officer with whom the judge dealt in an official capacity and threatened her with contempt. The judge’s actions lacked the appropriate patience, dignity and cou...
