Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Former Justice of the Peace. (10/04/06)
10/04/2006
The judge failed to timely execute the business of the court by allowing a defendant's traffic case to remaining pending for over fifteen months without disposition. Further, the judge's court records in the defendant's case demonstrated a lack of diligence in accurately recording what transpired in the case, including entry of court settings, appearances by the defendant and the prosecutor, pleas, waiver of jury trial, and final adjudication, if any. Additionally, in her responses to inquiries about the defendant's traffic case, the judge exhibited a lack of professional competence in the law regarding traffic cases filed in her court. [Violation of Article V, Section 1 –a(6) A of the Texas Constitution and Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Former Justice of the Peace. (10/04/06)
