Legal Opinion
Matter of Duckman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1998PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that petitioner, since April 1991 a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York (Bronx County, 1991-1994; Kings County, 1994-1996), engaged in various acts of misconduct demonstrating a pattern of injudicious behavior that renders him unfit to continue in office. Given petitioner’s acknowledgment before us of many of the alleged acts of wrongdoing, the central issue on his appeal to this Court is one of appropriate sanction: should he be removed from office or censured? Like the Commission, we conclude that…
3Cases cited11 opinions
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- In re SimsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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