Matter of Gumaer

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

On April 30,1992, the Commission on Judicial Conduct instituted proceedings against Mohave County Justice of the Peace William M. Gumaer. Before the formal hearing, Judge Gumaer stipulated to the majority of those facts supporting the charges against him. Specifically, he agreed that: (1) he acted as an intermediary between an acquaintance from Mexico and the owner of a Laughlin, Nevada casino with respect to the establishment of gambling operations south of the border, a project that apparently never came to fruition; (2) he was involved in discussions concerning a…