In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 238 Brown

ORDER OF CENSURE

The Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) notified Judge Craig B. Brown (respondent) on 16 December 1998 that it had ordered a preliminary investigation to determine whether formal proceedings under Commission Rule 9 should be instituted against him. The subject matter of the investigation included an allegation that respondent had engaged in the improper practice of convicting a defendant of careless and reckless driving when he was charged with driving while impaired (DWI). There were further allegations that the conviction was rendered out of court at a time when the…