Private Warning of a Justice Of The Peace (02/15/02)
02/15/2002
The judge abdicated his official judicial duties when he allowed his clerk to preside over truancy cases pending in his court, and accept pleas and assess fines in those cases. The judge violated his duty to comply with the law, and failed to hear and decide matters assigned to him when he engaged in this practice. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Warning of a Justice Of The Peace (02/15/02)
