In Re Johnson

JOHNSON, Justice. 1

11 This matter comes before the Court on the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana (“Commission”) that Judge Donald R. Johnson (“Judge Johnson”) of the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, be publicly censured and ordered to reimburse the Commission for costs incurred in the investigation and prosecution of this case. After a review of the record, we find that Judge Johnson’s conduct violated Canons 1, 2 A, 3 A(l) and 5 B(2) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, as well as Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure…