In Re Nakoski Ex Rel. Magisterial District 06-3-01

SWEENEY, Judge.

I.INTRODUCTION

The Judicial Conduct Board (Board) filed a Complaint with this Court against District Justice Peter Paul Nakoski, Jr. The Complaint contains five Counts based on allegations that, during a Criminal Law Review class which was given as part of the mandatory Minor Judiciary Continuing Education Recertification Program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1997, the instructor, in the course of discussing what constitutes probable cause for a stop and search, asked the class, “It’s not unlawful or illegal to be a black man, is it?” and the…