The judge required at least fifteen defendants to post cash only bonds between August 31, 2000 and May 14, 2001. Attorney General Opinion No. JM-363, affirming prior case law, points out that a co...
The judge improperly intervened on behalf of the defendants to assist them in satisfying a monetary judgment which plaintiffs disputed as inadequate. The judge acted at the request of the defendan...
The judge, on behalf of a relative, sent a letter on the judge’s judicial letterhead to two women who were involved in a financial dispute with the judge’s relative. The letter improperly asserted...
The judge abdicated his official judicial duties when he allowed his clerk to preside over truancy cases pending in his court, and accept pleas and assess fines in those cases. The judge violated ...
During a hearing involving a juvenile defendant charged with a traffic offense, the judge made inappropriately sarcastic comments to the defendant. The judge then followed the juvenile defendant a...
The judge confiscated a defendant’s shotgun as surety for payment of a $300.00 fine. The judge’s action was without legal authority. [Violation of Canon 2A of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] ...
The judge magistrated two defendants on a number of charges, including for the aggravated assault of the judge’s relative. The judge was required by law to disqualify himself from matters involvin...
The judge engaged in willful or persistent conduct that cast public discredit upon the judiciary when he used initials instead of proper names in the style of his divorce petition in an effort to p...
