Private Order of Additional Education of Justice of the Peace (12/27/99)
12/27/1999
The judge permitted the court staff to telephone a traffic defendant to attempt to persuade the defendant to waive the right to a trial. In a separate case, the judge negotiated a plea bargain agreement and the "instanter" payment of the fine and costs imposed on a traffic defendant. [Violation of Canons 2A and 6C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Education of Justice of the Peace (12/27/99)
