Matter of Rowe

CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

This is a proceeding instituted in the Court on the Judiciary on December 27, 1988, pursuant to art. IY, § 37 of the Delaware Constitution 1 and the Rules of Procedure of the Court on the Judiciary (“Rules”) to inquire into charges of judicial misconduct brought against the respondent, William S. Rowe, Jr. The Preliminary Investigatory Committee (“Committee”) of the Court filed a report on February 9, 1989 containing its conclusion that there is probable cause to believe that Judge Rowe may have violated the Canons of the Delaware Judges’ Code of Judicial Conduct (“the…