Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Thompson

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Commission on Judicial Performance filed a formal complaint on November 12, 2013, against Rickey W. Thompson, Justice Court Judge, District 4, Lee County, Mississippi, charging him with judicial misconduct constituting violations of Canons 1, 2(A), 2(B), 3(B)(1), 3(B)(2), 3(B)(4), 3(B)(8), 3(C)(1), and 3(C)(2) of the Code of Judicial Conduct and constituting willful misconduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute in violation of Section 177A' of the Mississippi Constitution of…