Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (10/18/07).

10/18/2007

The judge engaged in improper ex parte communications with a traffic defendant, dismissed the defendant's case without a motion from or notice to the prosecutor, and required a newspaper reporter to file a written request under the Texas Public Information Act before providing him with a copy of the court's file in the case. [Violation of Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 6C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (10/18/07).