Legal Opinion

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Clinkscales

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 2016No. 2015-JP-01281-SCTPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On August 26, 2015, the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance found that former Municipal Court Judge Latisha Nicole Clinkscales had engaged in judicial misconduct constituting willful rriis-conduct in office and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute, in violation of Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution. The Commission has entered a recommendation that Clinkscales be publicly reprimanded and assessed costs of the proceeding, and the Commission and Clinkscales have filed a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge NowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
  2. In Re AndersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Miss. Com'n on Jud. Performance v. GibsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  4. In Re BaileyMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. BooneMississippi Supreme Court · 2011

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Carlos E. Moore, Municipal Court JudgeMississippi Supreme Court · 2025
  2. Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Municipal Court Judge Carlos E. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 2023

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