Private Warning of a District Judge (08/05/08).
08/05/2008
The judge erroneously applied federal law, instead of state law, when he failed to immediately order a defendant convicted of murder be taken into custody following sentencing. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6) of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a District Judge (08/05/08).