Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge (02/28/03)

02/28/2003

The judge lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance his own private interest by sending a letter to two assistant district attorneys urging the imprisonment of a particular criminal defendant with whom he had a personal dispute. [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge (02/28/03