In Re Judicial Disciplinary Proceedings Against Carver

Judicial disciplinary proceeding; judge suspended from office.

This is a review, pursuant to sec. 757.91, Stats., of the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the judicial conduct panel in this judicial disciplinary proceeding against the Honorable William Carver, circuit judge for Winnebago county. The panel concluded that Judge Carver engaged in judicial misconduct by the comments he made from the bench in the course of disqualifying himself at the initial appearance of a defendant charged with sports gambling. In those comments, Judge Carver minimized the seriousness of the offense…