In re Wyatt

Respondent has been charged with acts of judicial misconduct which occurred during her term as Magistrate for Oconee County. She admits the material allegations of the complaint and consents to a public reprimand. We accept respondent’s admission and publicly reprimand her.

The complaint charges respondent with misconduct in three (3) areas. First, respondent is charged with abusing her office by obtaining her daughter and son-in-law’s release from the Oconee County Detention Center.

In the early evening of May 1,1987, respondent’s daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda and Roy Burrell, along with…