In Re Inquiry Concerning 17-143 Apr. M. Smith

The issue before the Court is whether District Court Judge April M. Smith, Respondent, should be publicly reprimanded for violations of Canons 1, 2A, 3A(3), and 3B(1) of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct amounting to conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute in violation of N.C.G.S. § 7A-376(b). Respondent has not challenged the findings of fact made by the Judicial Standards Commission (the Commission) or opposed the Commission's recommendation that she be publicly reprimanded by this Court.

On 20 February 2018, Commission…