Private Admonition of a District Judge (08/07/03)

08/07/2003

On behalf of his daughter, a district judge wrote a letter of representation on official court stationery to a municipal court.  In this letter, the judge entered a plea of "not guilty" for his daughter, and sought the name of the prosecuting attorney "...for possible plea negotiations." [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]  Private Admonition of a District Judge (08/07/03)