Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Smith

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance recommends that Bruce B. Smith, municipal court judge for Mendenhall, Mississippi, be publicly reprimanded, suspended from office for thirty days without pay, and taxed with costs in the amount of $1,151.60 for: (1) failing to properly adjudicate criminal matters assigned to him, (2) engaging in ticket-fixing, and (3) dismissing criminal charges against multiple defendants in exchange for simultaneous payments to a “drug fund” established and maintained by the Mendenhall police chief. The Commission found…