And we wonder why justice is so hard to come by.

[Guest guest]

OMG! Read this one about a court in California. Will pull out the

highlights for you:

acted improperly when he presided over cases in which he was disqualified,

dismissed charges without legal authority and delayed decisions too long.

judge’s failure to maintain proper decorum by not asking a potential juror

to remove a tinfoil hat during court proceedings.

Failing to ask a potential juror, whom knew personally, to remove

a tinfoil hat the potential juror was wearing as a joke during court

proceedings.

presided over the arraignment of a family friend after previously

disqualifying himself from the case, asked his wife—an attorney who was

present in court—what to do and then took her suggestion to appoint a public

defender.

Following the arraignment, he gave the defendant a hug as he walked past

the jury box where she and other in-custody defendants were sitting.

said that hugging the defendant created the appearance of bias or

impropriety. (DUH!)

Reprimanding the local court executive officer after the officer spoke

with court staff about their failure to return to court on time after a lunch

with the judge.

Commenting in a crowded courtroom that a certain misdemeanor “was just

another example of the DA overcharging.â€

_Metropolitan News-Enterprise_ (http://www.metnews.com/)

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Page 3

State Panel Publicly Admonishes Judge on Trinity Superior Court

By STEVEN M. ELLIS, Staff Writer

The Commission on Judicial Performance yesterday publicly admonished

Trinity Superior Court Judge C. .

The commission said —one of only two superior court judges in the

sparsely-populated northwest California county—acted improperly when he

presided over cases in which he was disqualified, dismissed charges without

legal authority and delayed decisions too long.

Members further faulted a negative comment made from the bench

about local prosecutors, his involvement in a courthouse staffing matter, and

the judge’s failure to maintain proper decorum by not asking a potential

juror to remove a tinfoil hat during court proceedings.

The commission’s chairperson, Presiding Justice Judith D. McConnell of the

Fourth District Court of Appeal’s Div. One, said the commission “

determined that the conduct of Judge in these matters was, at minimum,

improper action warranting a public admonishment.â€

’ counsel, Kathleen M. Ewins of Long & Levit in San Francisco,

told the MetNews that “the issues investigated reflect the unique challenges

of a small community.†She said “does the best he can for the

community he serves, and is an excellent judge.â€

Ewins also said her client “respects the decision and knows the commission

put in considerable time,†but “respectfully disagrees†with the decision

to admonish him publicly.

According to the commission, presided over the arraignment of a

family friend after previously disqualifying himself from the case, asked his

wife—an attorney who was present in court—what to do and then took her

suggestion to appoint a public defender.

Following the arraignment, he gave the defendant a hug as he walked past

the jury box where she and other in-custody defendants were sitting.

McConnell rejected ’s argument that he was authorized to conduct

the arraignment because the only other judge in the county was also

disqualified. She reasoned that the Superior Court would not have lost

jurisdiction

even if a visiting judge was not available to arraign the defendant within

the time prescribed by law, and said that hugging the defendant created the

appearance of bias or impropriety.

The justice also admonished for:

•Reprimanding the local court executive officer after the officer spoke

with court staff about their failure to return to court on time after a lunch

with the judge.

McConnell said ’ order to the officer to remove any mention of the

incident from a clerk’s personnel file and to pay the clerk overtime for

keeping her after hours to speak about it reflected a disregard of the court’

s obligation to the public, undermined confidence in the integrity of the

judiciary and created an appearance of favoritism.

•Dismissing certain infractions and misdemeanors without legal authority

on the basis that the defendants were cited to appear in one of the county’s

unincorporated communities when they lived in another.

•Commenting in a crowded courtroom that a certain misdemeanor “was just

another example of the DA overcharging.â€

•Failing to decide at least four matters between 2005 and 2008 within 90

days after the date they were taken under submission.

•Failing to ask a potential juror, whom knew personally, to remove

a tinfoil hat the potential juror was wearing as a joke during court

proceedings.

Commission members joining McConnell included Orange Superior Court Judge

Frederick P. Horn; San Francisco Superior Court Judge Feinstein;

attorney Marshall B. Grossman, who was replaced last week by former State

Bar President Capozzi; and public members Barbara Schraeger,

Lawrence Simi, Talcott and iel Trives.

Attorney E. Jr. was recused from the commission’s vote, and

public members Hardage and Maya Dillard did not participate.

[Guest guest]

grrr, this is exactly what is wrong with our justice system.

if you have lawyers and/or judges in the family you can about get wawy with

murder, if your tring to sue someone with lawyers or judges in their family,

your screwed!

talk about a needed house cleaning!

and what is the bar ass. doing? picking their noses?

that causes bloody noses you know.

now most crooked ass lawyers and judges go to extremes to make it hard to know

who's related to who. when things are this obvious like throwing out there in

the face, you know they've got away with way to much for way to long. talk about

the god complex. grrr.

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> OMG! Read this one about a court in California. Will pull out the

> highlights for you:

>

> acted improperly when he presided over cases in which he was disqualified,

> dismissed charges without legal authority and delayed decisions too long.

>

> judge’s failure to maintain proper decorum by not asking a potential juror

> to remove a tinfoil hat during court proceedings.

>

> Failing to ask a potential juror, whom knew personally, to remove

> a tinfoil hat the potential juror was wearing as a joke during court

> proceedings.

>

> presided over the arraignment of a family friend after previously

> disqualifying himself from the case, asked his wife†" an attorney who was

> present in court†" what to do and then took her suggestion to appoint a

public

> defender.

>

> Following the arraignment, he gave the defendant a hug as he walked past

> the jury box where she and other in-custody defendants were sitting.

>

> said that hugging the defendant created the appearance of bias or

> impropriety. (DUH!)

>

> Reprimanding the local court executive officer after the officer spoke

> with court staff about their failure to return to court on time after a lunch

> with the judge.

>

> Commenting in a crowded courtroom that a certain misdemeanor “was just

> another example of the DA overcharging.â€

>

> _Metropolitan News-Enterprise_ (http://www.metnews.com/)

> Tuesday, April 13, 2010

> Page 3

>

> State Panel Publicly Admonishes Judge on Trinity Superior Court

>

> By STEVEN M. ELLIS, Staff Writer

> The Commission on Judicial Performance yesterday publicly admonished

> Trinity Superior Court Judge C. .

[Guest guest]

tinfoil hat!!! LOL! That's California for you. I wonder how many other

judges in the US are as bad? I remember one who during my pre-divorce

family court proceedings drooled over his desk. One day as the fire

alarm went off in the building, he continued to preside over our

case without dismissing us as others filed out of the building. The

att

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sac> OMG! Read this one about a court in California. Will pull out the

sac> highlights for you:

sac> acted improperly when he presided over cases in which he was disqualified,

sac> dismissed charges without legal authority and delayed decisions too long.

sac> judge’s failure to maintain proper decorum by not asking a potential juror

sac> to remove a tinfoil hat during court proceedings.