Legal Opinion
In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Stoker
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 9, 1992No. J.D. 7PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The Honorable Fred J. Stoker, Judge of the Clark County District Court, appeals a decision by the Commission on Judicial Conduct (Commission) that he had violated Canon 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, and its imposition of the sanction of admonishment upon him. We overrule the Commission and dismiss the case.
On January 15, 1991, a statement of charges was filed with the Commission alleging violations by Appellant Stoker. The record does not indicate who initiated the complaint. The statement asserted that "[a]t the Clark County fair, from August 3-12, 1990, [Appellant Stoker] rented space…
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