The judge made a social media post promoting a conference in which the judge was participating and engaged in improper solicitation of funds for that event. [Violations of Canons 2B and 4C(2) of t...
The judge allowed the victim in three underlying cases that arose from the same criminal episode to make a victim allocution statement in one of those cases prior to passing sentence in the other t...
The judge appeared in a social media video depicting the judge dancing in the judge's courtroom to a song containing explicit lyrics, as requested by a person who could use that person's social med...
Public Reprimand
The judge improperly failed to disqualify from presiding over a criminal case in which the State was seeking an adjudication of guilt and revocation of community supervision of the defendant, when ...
Public Admonition
The judge sent a letter, on letterhead that identified the judge and the judge's office, to another judge presiding over a pending divorce proceeding providing a personal character reference for a ...
The judge improperly utilized a bailiff to translate for a Spanish-speaking defendant in a traffic case and held the bailiff in contempt when the judge felt he was not translating properly, and fai...