Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (10/22/99)
10/22/1999
The judge inappropriately refused a defendant’s request to contact an attorney when the defendant was brought before the judge for magistration in a criminal proceeding. Instead, the judge asked if the defendant wanted to enter a plea. In a separate civil case, the judge entered a default judgment in favor of the judge’s bailiff. In addition, the judge refused to accept a pauper’s affidavit for filing and denied a party’s access to the court’s file in the matter. [Violation of Canons 2A, 2B and 3B(4) of a Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (10/22/99)
