Private Admonition of a County Court at Law Judge (03/06/06)

03/06/2006

The judge improperly used the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interests of his niece and nephew by using official court letterhead to ask a federal judge for consideration in sentencing the judge's relatives.  [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]  Private Admonition of a County Court at Law Judge (03/06/06).