Legal Opinion

In re Burgess

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 24, 2012No. 2011-O-2182PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtKnoll, J.

| j This matter comes before the Court on the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, pursuant to La. Const, art. V, § 25(C), that Robert E. Burgess, District Judge of the 42nd Judicial District Court, Parish of DeSoto, be publicly censured for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. For the following reasons, we adopt the recommendations of the Judiciary Commission, publicly censure Judge Burgess, and order him to pay costs in the amount of $1,738.49.

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