In Re Elliston

The Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline [“the Commission”] filed a formal notice of hearing containing 39 counts and subcounts alleging violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and of Mo. Const, art. V, § 24.3, committed by Judge L. Thomas Elliston of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit. Although he did not sit on this matter, Judge Elliston served as a member of the Commission at the time information of his alleged misconduct came to the Commission’s attention. Following the formal hearing, the Commission filed its findings of fact and conclusions of law with this Court,…