Sardino v. State Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that petitioner, a Judge of the Syracuse City Court, engaged in various acts of misconduct demonstrating a pattern of injudicious behavior rendering him unfit to remain in judicial office. Pursuant to the State Constitution, petitioner commenced this proceeding to review the commission’s findings of fact, legal rulings and determination that he be removed from office (NY Const, art VI, § 22, subds a, d; Matter of Kuehnel v State Comm. on Judicial Conduct, 49 NY2d 465).

*289In 1973 petitioner was elected as a Judge of the…