Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (04/01/10)
04/01/2010
The judge persistently failed to follow the law and demonstrated a pattern of failure to maintain professional competence in the law when he (a) granted deferred disposition to Commercial Driver's License holders who were cited for the offense of speeding; (b) improperly waived the statutory requirement for minors cited for consumption of alcohol to attend alcohol awareness programs and/or to perform community service; (c) placed a defendant's criminal case on "hold" for a year after the defendant informed the court that he was being deployed overseas; (d) placed a defendant on deferred disposition for a period of time in excess of the maximum 180 days allowed by law; (e) dismissed three traffic citations without a motion from the city prosecutor and/or without first placing the defendant on deferred disposition; and (f) failed to reduce his orders of deferred disposition and final judgments to writing. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (04/01/10)
