Gonzalez v. Commission on Judicial Performance

Opinion

THE COURT. *

Petitioner was appointed municipal court judge in May 1972. In June 1980 the Commission on Judicial Performance (Commission) notified petitioner, pursuant to rule 904 of the California Rules of Court, of certain allegations of judicial misconduct. In November 1980 the Commission served petitioner with a notice of formal proceedings, as required by rule 905, consisting of seven counts and fifty-five subcounts of “wilful misconduct in office” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute” (hereinafter “wilful…