Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a District Judge (10/24/22)

10/24/2022

The judge failed to comply with the law or maintain competence in it, allowed a relationship with the prosecution to influence the judge’s judicial conduct or judge, conveyed the impression that the prosecution was in a special position to influence the judge, for considering ex parte communications with an attorney for the state; and supplementing an appellate record with unfiled documents. [Violation of Canons 2A, 2B, 3B(2), 3B(8) and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a District Judge (10/24/22).