Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (02/01/13).
02/01/2013
The judge erred in his handling of a contempt situation involving a witness by detaining and handcuffing the witness for the purpose of public humiliation and/or to make an example out of the contemnor, rather than for the purpose of quelling a disturbance. The judge failed to treat the witness with the requisite patience, dignity or courtesy expected of a judicial officer. [Violation of Canon 3(B)4 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (02/01/13).
