Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (09/19/00)
The judge acted without legal authority when he granted deferred adjudication without requiring a traffic defendant to enter a plea, then ordered the defendant to pay a fine. When the defendant did not pay the fine, the judge issued a warrant and failed to allow a trial for the charge of failure to appear. [Violation of Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution and Canon 2A of the Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (09/19/00)
