In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 117 Lacy S. Hair

ORDER OF CENSURE.

The conduct of the respondent in this proceeding, which formed the basis of the Commission’s recommendation that he be censured, involved: (1) attempting an assignation with a woman, convicted of prostitution and on probation, and giving the impression that he could assist her with her legal problems; (2) changing verdicts in motor vehicle violation cases upon ex parte communications from defendants without providing the state an opportunity to be heard; (3) making an inappropriate advance toward a woman detective employed by the Fayetteville Police Department; (4) making…