In Re Somers

Under OCR 1963, 932, the Judicial Tenure Commission (Michigan Const 1963, art 6, § 30) filed a complaint on September 23,1969, charging District Court Judge Ernest J. Somers with:

1) having been habitually intemperate by appearing in court under the influence of alcohol;

2) permitting his magistrate to arraign defendants in criminal cases beyond the legal authority of the magistrate;

3) requesting the advice of his magistrate in open court as to matters before the judge in a manner indicating that the decision was the magistrate’s;

4) frequently reducing “drunk driving” charges to “impaired…