Matter of Edens

Order of Censure

This matter is before the Court upon the Recommendation of the Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) filed with us on February 3, 1976, that Judge Joseph P. Edens, a judge of the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Twenty-Fifth Judicial District (Respondent), be censured for “wilful misconduct in office” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute,” as these phrases are used in Article IV, Section 17 (2) of the North Carolina Constitution and General Statute 7A-376 (1974 Cum. Supp.). Having…