Legal Opinion

WEST VIRGINIA JUD. INQUIRY COM'N v. Casto

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 1979No. 14586PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

263 S.E.2d 79 (1979)

WEST VIRGINIA JUDICIAL INQUIRY COMMISSION

v.

Denver D. CASTO.

No. 14586.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 17, 1979.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1979.

Charlotte R. Lane, Fowler, Paterno & Lane, Charleston, for complainant.

Michael C. Allen, Charleston, for defendant.

McGRAW, Justice:

This complaint by the Judicial Inquiry Commission charges Magistrate Denver D. Casto with "backdating"[1] records in violation of Canon 2 A of the Judicial Code of Ethics. Specifically, Magistrate Casto is charged with signing "information for warrant" and "warrant for arrest" forms eight…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Geiler v. Commission on Judicial QualificationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Spruance v. Commission on Judicial QualificationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Dacey v. Connecticut Bar Assn.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
  5. In the Matter of Del RioMichigan Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990

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