Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Darby

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance (“Commission”) filed a “Formal Complaint” charging Leigh Ann Darby, Youth Court Judge, Tate County, Mississippi, with violating various Canons of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct and with “willful misconduct in office” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute[,]” actionable pursuant to Article 6, Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution. Miss. Const, art. 6, § 177A. Ultimately, the Commission and Judge Darby filed an “Agreed…