In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 198 Fuller

*158ORDER REJECTING CENSURE.

The evidence stipulated to and presented during these proceedings shows the facts to be as follows:

On 9 June 1995, respondent presided over a trial in which the defendant was charged with failure to stop for a stopped school bus in violation of N.C.G.S. § 20-217. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Respondent, after hearing the evidence offered by the State, felt there was insufficient evidence to convict the defendant of the charge of passing a stopped school bus. Respondent’s testimony before the Judicial Standards Commission, which was uncontroverted, is set…