Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge (7/18/22)

07/18/2022

The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to provide a show cause hearing to a defendant prior to issuing a capias pro fine for the defendant’s arrest, dismissed several cases without a motion to dismiss from the city prosecutor and changed citations to warnings without the officer’s permission. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct] Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge. (7/18/22)